Discectomy strategies for lumbar disc herniation: Results of the LAPDOG trial

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 411-417

  Haines, Stephen J ^a   Jordan, Neil ^b   Boen, James R ^c   Nyman, John A ^c   Ldridge, Neil B ^d   Lindgren, Bruce R ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conventional discectomy; Cost effectiveness analysis; Lumbar disc herniation; Percutaneous discectomy; Randomized controlled surgical trial; Resource consumption

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036655737     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.2002.1120     Document Type: Article

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