Results of applying ADCON-L gel after lumbar discectomy: The German ADCON-L study

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2001, Pages 179-189

  Richter, Hans Peter ^a   Kast, Erich ^a   Tomczak, Rainer ^a   Besenfelder, Werner ^a   Gaus, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Failed back syndrome; Fibrosis; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADCON L; ADCON-L; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035487373     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2001.95.2.0179     Document Type: Article

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