Association between decreased disc signal intensity in T2-weighted MRI and a 5-year outcome after lumbar minimally invasive discectomy association between decreased disc signal intensity in preoperative

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-36

  Kotilainen, E ^a,b   Alanen, A ^a   Erkintalo, M ^a   Valtonen, S ^a   Kormano, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; Instability; Microinvasive lumbar discectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035041334     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-13584     Document Type: Article

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