Seven-year clinical follow-up after lumbar disc surgery: Results and predictors of outcome

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 178-184

  Graver, Vibeke ^a   Haaland, A K ^a   Magnaes B ^a   Loeb, M ^b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fibrinolysis; Long term outcome; Lumbar disc surgery; Psychological traits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032966911     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699943952     Document Type: Article

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