Two-year results after lumber microdiscectomy with and without prophylaxis of a peridural fibrosis using Adcon-L

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-21

  Ganzer, D ^a   Giese, Katrin ^b   Völker, Lutz ^a   Pietzner, Uwe ^a   Follak, Niels ^b   Merk, Harry ^b  

^a Dietrich Bonhoeffer Klinikum   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti adhesion barrier gel; Disc herniation; Failed back surgery syndrome; Low back pain; Lumbar spine; Peridural fibrosis; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; POLYMER; ADCON L; ADCON-L; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIDURAL FIBROSIS; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; GEL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROBABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GELS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038343571     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-002-0455-y     Document Type: Article

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