A prospective analysis of magnetic resonance imaging findings in patients with sciatica and lumbar disc herniation: Correlation of outcomes with disc fragment and canal morphology

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1650-1660

  Carragee, Eugene J ^a,b   Kim, David H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar disc herniation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Outcomes; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINE SCINTISCANNING; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCIATICA; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL CANAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031431473     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199707150-00025     Document Type: Article

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