Relationship between surgery and pain following spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 526-530

  Sved, Paul ^a   Siddall, Philip J ^a   McClelland, Joan ^a   Cousins, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pain; Spinal cord injuries; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FUSION; TIME;

EID: 0030766435     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100443     Document Type: Article

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