No association between peridural scar and outcome after lumbar microdiscectomy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1095-1100

  Nygaard, O P ^a   Kloster, R ^a   Dullerud, R ^b   Jacobsen, E A ^a   Mellgren, S I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lumbar disc herniation; Lumbar discectomy; MR imaging; Peridural scar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031454771     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01410967     Document Type: Article

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