Surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation in elderly patients

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1146-1150

  Fujii, K ^a   Henmi, T ^a   Kanematsu, Y ^a   Mishiro, T ^a   Sakai, T ^a  

^a Health Insurance Naruto Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344442795     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B8.14625     Document Type: Article

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