MRI of the post-discectomy lumbar spine

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 969-981

  Babar, S ^a   Saifuddin, A ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arachnoiditis; Discitis; Epidural fibrosis; Lumbar discectomy; MRI; Pseudo meningocele

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARACHNOIDITIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISKITIS; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036849091     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2002.1071     Document Type: Review

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