Serial magnetic resonance imaging follow-up study of lumbar disc herniation conservatively treated for average 30 months: Relation between reduction of herniation and degeneration of disc

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-256

  Yukawa, Yasutsugu ^a,d   Kato, Fumihiko ^a   Matsubara, Yuji ^b   Kajino, Gakuji ^c   Nakamura, Shigeru ^c   Nitta, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Meijo Hospital   (Japan)

^c Ohara General Hospital   (Japan)

^d Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Follow up; Lumbar disc herniation; Serial MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORSET; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TRACTION THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029760936     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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