Focus issue on lumbar disc herniation: Macro- and microdiscectomy

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 24 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  McCulloch, John A ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Orthopedics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

disc herniation; lumbar spine; microdiscectomy; open discectomy; sciatica

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; GALLIUM; GELFOAM; HYALURONIC ACID; INDIUM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MICROSCOPE; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030444852     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199612151-00005     Document Type: Article

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