Persistent low back pain in patients suspected of having herniated nucleus pulposus: Radiologic predictors of functional outcome - Implications for treatment selection

Radiology

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 815-822

  Ackerman, Stacey J ^a,b,c   Steinberg, Earl P ^a,b,c   Bryan, R Nick ^a   BenDebba, Mohammed ^a   Long, Donlin M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UK   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes research; Spine surgery; Spine, CT; Spine, intervertebral disks; Spine, MR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; WORK DISABILITY;

EID: 0030983323     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.203.3.9169710     Document Type: Article

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