Dural tears secondary to operations on the lumbar spine. Management and results after a two-year-minimum follow-up of eighty-eight patients

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1728-1732

  Wang, Jeffrey C ^a   Bohlman, Henry H ^b   Riew, K Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

EID: 0032432064     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199812000-00002     Document Type: Article

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