Lumbar disk herniation: An analysis of 175 surgically treated cases

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 488-492

  Stambough, Jeffery L ^a,b  

^a Deaconess Hospital Cincinnati   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Herniated lumbar disk; Lumbar diskectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031436651     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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