The relation between vertebral endplate shape and lumbar disc herniations

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 2133-2138

  Harrington Jr , James Frederick ^a,c   Sungarian, Arno ^a   Rogg, Jeffrey ^b   Makker, Vishal James ^a   Epstein, Mel H ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University Program in Neurosurgery   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disc herniation; Endplate; Law of LaPlace; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE ENDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; SACRUM; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035478929     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200110010-00018     Document Type: Article

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