Eight year outcome after surgery for lumbar disc herniation: A comparison of reoperated and not reoperated patients

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 607-611

  Vik, A ^a   Zwart, J A ^a   Hulleberg, G ^a   Nygaard, P ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lumbar disc herniation; Peridural scar; Recurrence; Reoperation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034911648     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010170066     Document Type: Article

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