Early postoperative MRI findings following surgery for herniated lumbar disc

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-175

  Floris, R ^a,c   Spallone, A ^a   Aref, T Y ^a   Rizzo, A ^a   Apruzzese, A ^b   Mulas, M ^b   Simonetti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intervertebral discs; MRI; Spine; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY;

DISCITIS; DISKECTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031001660     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01844746     Document Type: Article

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