Outcome after microdiscectomy: Results of a prospective single institutional study

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-268

  Quigley, Matthew R ^a,c   Bost, Jeffrey ^a   Maroon, Joseph C ^b   Elrifai, Amr ^b   Panahandeh, Matthew ^b  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervertebral disc; Lumbar discectomy; Microsurgery; Nucleus pulposus; Outcome; Prospective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0032031365     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00448-5     Document Type: Article

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