Clinical outcomes after lumbar discectomy for sciatica: The effects of fragment type and anular competence

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 102-108

  Carragee, Eugene J ^a   Han, Michael Y ^a   Suen, Patrick W ^a   Kim, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; TIME;

ADULT; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SCIATICA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037264464     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200301000-00016     Document Type: Article

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