Herniated cervical intervertebral discs with radiculopathy: An outcome study of conservatively or surgically treated patients

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 396-401

  Heckmann, Josef G ^a   Lang, Christoph J G ^a   Zöbelein, Iris ^a   Laumer, Rudolf ^a   Druschky, Achim ^b   Neundörfer, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical herniated intervertebral disc; Conservative treatment; Follow up; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIALGIA; CERVICAL SPINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033512369     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-199912050-00008     Document Type: Article

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