Imaging findings in patients with failed back surgery syndrome

Journal Belge de Radiologie

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-84

  Van Goethem, J W M ^a   Parizel, P M ^a   Van Den Hauwe, L ^a   De Schepper, A M A ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Spine; surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CICATRIX; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SCIATICA; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYNDROME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030991888     PISSN: 00217646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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