Survival analysis is a better estimate of recurrent disc herniation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 535-537

  Gaston, P ^a   Marshall, R W ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ADULT; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LIFE TABLES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038441554     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B4.13813     Document Type: Article

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