Patient selection for lumbar discectomy with a revised objective rating system

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 325, Issue , 1996, Pages 148-155

  Herron, Larry D ^a   Turner, Judith A ^b   Novell, Laura A ^c   Kreif, Suzanne L ^d  

^a Central Coast Spine Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029921905     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199604000-00016     Document Type: Article

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