Postoperative lumbar microdiscectomy pain: Minimalization by irrigation and cooling

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1958-1960

  Fountas, Kostas N ^a,b   Kapsalaki, Eftychia Z ^a   Johnston, Kim W ^a   Smisson III, Hugh F ^a   Vogel, Robert L ^a   Robinson Jr , Joe Sam ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling; Irrigation; Lumbar spine; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAVAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; IRRIGATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033568116     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199909150-00016     Document Type: Article

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