Long-term outcome of lumbar discectomy in children and adolescents sixteen years of age or younger

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 689-698

  Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis J ^a,b   Shaughnessy, William J ^a   Ebersold, Michael J ^a   Bianco, Anthony J ^a   Quast, Lynn M ^a   Rochester, Minnesota ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031863921     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199805000-00009     Document Type: Article

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