First-Time Operation for Lumbar Disc Herniation with or Without Free Fat Transplantation: Prospective Triple-Blind Randomized Study with Reference to Clinical Factors and Enhanced Computed Tomographic Scan 1 Year after Operation

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1072-1076

  Jensen, Tim Toftgaard ^a,b   Asmussen, Karsten ^a   Berg Hansen, Else Marie ^a   Lauritsen, Birgitte ^a   Manniche, Claus ^a   Vinterberg, Henrik ^a   Jensen, Lars E ^a   Kramhøft, Jens ^a  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Computed tomographic scan; Free fat transplantation; Herniated disc; Scar tissue

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; CICATRIX; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029967802     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199605010-00016     Document Type: Article

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