Association between Peridural Scar and Recurrent Radicular Pain after Lumbar Discectomy: Magnetic Resonance Evaluation

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 855-861

  Ross, Jeffrey S ^a   Robertson, James T ^c   Frederickson, Robert C A ^b   Petrie, Jonathan L ^b   Obuchowski, Nancy ^a   Modic, Michael T ^a   DeTribolet, Nicolas ^d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

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

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lumbar discectomy; MR imaging; Peridural scar; Recurrent radicular pain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAR;

ADHESIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CICATRIX; DISKECTOMY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GELS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0029979625     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199604000-00053     Document Type: Article

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