Herniation of the disc between the first and second lumbar vertebrae with a monoradiculopathy of the fifth lumbar nerve root. A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1422-1427

  Shirado, Osamu ^a   Matsukawa, Satoru ^a   Kaneda, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NERVE ROOT INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0029841225     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199609000-00022     Document Type: Article

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