Clinical characteristics of recurrent sciatica after lumbar discectomy

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 500-505

  Jönsson, Bo ^a   Strömqvist, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

clinical investigation; disc herniation; postdiscectomy syndrome; recurrent sciatica

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SCIATICA;

EID: 0030025326     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199602150-00017     Document Type: Article

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