A prospective study of preoperative and postoperative sequential magnetic resonance imaging and early clinical outcome in automated percutaneous lumbar discectomy

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 368-374

  Sahlstrand, Tage ^a,c   Lönntoft, Mats ^a,b  

^a HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automated percutaneous lumbar discectomy; Disc herniation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0343569827     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-199912050-00003     Document Type: Article

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