Clinical and radiographic evaluation of disc excision for lumbar disc herniation with and without posterolateral fusion

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 450-456

  Takeshima, Toshichika ^a   Kambara, Kanji ^b   Miyata, Shigeki ^c   Ueda, Yurito ^a   Tamai, Susumu ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tondabayashi Hospital   (Japan)

^c Hayaishi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disc excision; Disc height; Low back pain; Lumbar disc herniation; Posterolateral fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033994184     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200002150-00010     Document Type: Article

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