Activity restrictions after posterior lumbar discectomy: A prospective study of outcomes in 152 cases with no postoperative restrictions

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 2346-2351

  Carragee, Eugene J ^a   Han, Michael Y ^a   Yang, Benjamin ^a   Kim, David H ^a   Kraemer, Helena ^a   Billys, James ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Herniated disk; Intervertebral disk displacement; Postoperative complications; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; DISKECTOMY; EARLY AMBULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0032706698     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199911150-00010     Document Type: Article

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