Does provocative discography screening of discogenic back pain improve surgical outcome?

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 245-251

  Madan, Sanjeev ^a   Nakamura, Hiroaki ^b   Harley, J M ^a   Boeree, N R ^a   Sampson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Discography; Ircumferential fusion; Iscogenic back pain; Umbar disc

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; TREATMENT INDICATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036067618     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200206000-00014     Document Type: Article

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