Outcome analysis of reoperations after lumbar discectomies: A report of 22 patients

Kobe Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 33-41

  Erbayraktar, Serhat ^a   Acar, Feridun ^a   Tekinsoy, Bülent ^a   Acar, Ümit ^a   Güner, E Metin ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Disc herniation; Epidural fibrosis; Outcome; Second operation; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036526094     PISSN: 00232513     EISSN: 18830498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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