Pain resolution after lumbar disc surgery is influenced by macrophage tissue infiltration. A prospective consecutive study on 177 patients

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 633-636

  Rothoerl, Ralf Dirk ^a   Woertgen, Chris ^a   Brawanski, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lumbar disc herniation; Macrophages; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY;

EID: 0036852658     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.2002.1137     Document Type: Article

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