The postoperative lumbar spine: Enhanced MR evaluation of the intervertebral disk

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 323-331

  Ross, Jeffrey S ^a   Zepp, Richard ^a   Modic, Michael T ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance, postoperative; Spine, intervertebral disks; Spine, magnetic resonance; Spine, surgery

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISKITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADICULOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BACK PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0030059313     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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