Lack of postdiscectomy adhesions following application of ADCON®-L: A case report

European Spine Journal

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  De Tribolet, N ^a   Robertson, J T ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adhesion; discectomy; herniation; reherniation; reoperation; scarring; surge ry

Indexed keywords

ADCON L; CARBOHYDRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADHESION; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCAR FORMATION; SPINE SURGERY;

ADHESIONS; DISKECTOMY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0029903695     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00298568     Document Type: Conference Paper

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