Prevention of epidural fibrosis in a prospective series of 100 primary lumbo-sacral discectomy patients: Follow-up and assessment at re-operation

Neurological Research

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Brotchi, Jacques ^a,b   Pirotte, Benoit ^a,b   De Witte, Olivier ^a,b   Levivier, Marc ^a,b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epidural scar; Lumbar disc herniation; Microdiscectomy; Re operation; Recurrent disc herniation; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT;

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032948301     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1999.11741027     Document Type: Article

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