Relationships between epidural fibrosis, pain, disability, and psychological factors after lumbar disc surgery

European Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 218-223

  Coskun, E ^a   Suzer T ^a   Topuz, O ^b   Zencir, M ^b   Pakdemirli, E ^b   Tahta, K ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epidural fibrosis; Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS); Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI); Oswestry Disability Questionnaire (ODQ); Visual analog scale (VAS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033826336     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860000144     Document Type: Article

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