Association between peridural scar and persistent low back pain after lumbar discectomy

Neurological Research

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Maroon, Joseph C ^a   Abla, Adnan ^a   Bost, Jeffrey ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Clinical outcome; Discectomy; Low back pain; Peridural fibrosis; Scar

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; DACRON; SILASTIC;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032895395     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1999.11741026     Document Type: Article

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