Correlation of the amount of disc removed in a lumbar microdiscectomy with long-term outcome

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2521-2524

  Fountas, Kostas N ^a,b   Kapsalaki, Eftychia Z ^a   Feltes, Carlos H ^a   Smisson III, Hugh F ^a   Johnston, Kim W ^a   Vogel, Robert L ^a   Robinson Jr , Joe S ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disc weight; Instability; Lumbar; Microdiscectomy; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRODISKECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINE INSTABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; AGED; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14844362343     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000145413.79277.d0     Document Type: Article

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