Recurrent lumbar disk herniation

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 48-52

  Donaldson III, William F ^a   Gelalis, Ionnias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031843201     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-199804000-00008     Document Type: Review

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