Natural history of patients with lumbar disc herniation observed by magnetic resonance imaging for minimum 7 years

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-126

  Masui, Tetsuo ^a   Yukawa, Yasutsugu ^b   Nakamura, Shigeru ^d   Kajino, Gakuji ^d   Matsubara, Yuji ^c   Kato, Fumihiko ^b   Ishiguro, Naoki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Meijo Hospital   (Japan)

^d Kakegawa City General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Lumbar disc herniation; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SCIATICA; SPINAL CANAL; TIME;

EID: 17044379493     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000154452.13579.b2     Document Type: Article

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