Prospective multiple outcomes study of outpatient lumbar microdiscectomy: Should 75 to 80% success rates be the norm?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 96, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 34-44

  Asch, Harold L ^a   Lewis, P Jeffrey ^a   Moreland, Douglas B ^a   Egnatchik, James G ^a   Yu, Young J ^a   Clabeaux, David E ^a   Hyland, Andrew H ^a  

^a Buffalo Neurosurgery Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Discectomy; Lumbar spine; Outcome; Workers' Compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0036124517     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2002.96.1.0034     Document Type: Article

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