Managing chronic pain of spinal origin after lumbar surgery: The role of decompressive surgery

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 2547-2554

  Phillips, Frank M ^a   Cunningham, Benjamin ^a   Wetzel, F Todd ^a   Prager, Joshua ^a   Saal, Joel ^a   Slosar, Paul ^a   Straus, Barry ^a   Turk, Dennis ^a   Andersson, Gunnar B J ^a   Weinstein, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Claudication; Decompression; Failed lumbar surgery reoperation

Indexed keywords

AGED; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0037112051     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200211150-00029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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