The outcome of the patients with lumbar disc radiculopathy treated either with surgical or conservative methods

Pain Clinic

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-201

  Kavuncu, Vural ^a   Kerman, Memduh ^a   Sahin, Sezai ^a   Yilmaz, Nejat ^a   Karan, Ayse ^a   Berker, Ender ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Disability; Lumbar disc radiculopathy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISABILITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0036208726     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856901753702357     Document Type: Article

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