A 10-year follow-up of the outcome of lumbar microdiscectomy

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1168-1171

  Findlay, Gordon F ^a   Hall, Bruce I ^a   Musa, B Sele ^a   Oliveira, Mauricio D ^a   Fear, Simon C ^b  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b Walton Ctr Neurol Neurosurg ^*

Author keywords

Long term outcome; Lumbar microdiscectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULAR PAIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032524309     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199805150-00019     Document Type: Article

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