Prognostic value of early computed tomography in radiculopathy due to lumbar intervertebral disk herniation. A prospective study

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 134-139

  Beauvais, Catherine ^a   Wybier, Marc ^b   Chazerain, Pascal ^c   Harboun, Marc ^d   Lioté, Frédéric ^b   Roucoulès, Jacques ^e   Koeger, Anne Claude ^f   Bellaiche, Laurence ^b   Orcel, Philippe ^b   Bardin, Thomas ^b   Ziza, Jean Marc ^c   Laredo, Jean Denis ^b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^c GROUPE HOSPITALIER DIACONESSES CROIX SAINT SIMON   (France)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Saint Camille Hospital   (France)

^f PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Intervertebral disk; Sciatica; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038032865     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-319X(03)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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