Predictors of bad and good outcome of lumbar spine surgery: A prospective clinical study with 2 years' follow-up

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1056-1065

  Junge, Astrid ^a   Fröhlich, Markus ^a   Ahrens, Stephan ^a   Hasenbring, Monika ^b   Sandler, Aaron J ^c   Grob, Dieter ^c   Dvořák, Jiří ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

disc herniation; lumbar spine surgery; predictors; psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; SPINAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029917673     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199605010-00013     Document Type: Article

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