Re-operation after lumbar disc surgery: Results in 85 cases

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 318-323

  Kayaoglu, Crefik R ^a   Calikoglu C ^a   Binler, S ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Failed back surgery; Lumbar disc surgery; Re operation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0041925163     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000303100410     Document Type: Article

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