Variability of outcome after lumbar disc surgery

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 807-811

  Woertgen, Chris ^a   Rothoerl, Ralf Dirk ^a   Breme, Kerstin ^a   Altmeppen, Juergen ^a   Holzschuh, Matthias ^a   Brawanski, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Follow up; Lumbar disc surgery; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033560845     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199904150-00013     Document Type: Article

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