Percutaneous laser discectomy: MR findings within the first 24 hours after treatment and their relationship to clinical outcome

Brain and Language

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 938-944

  Tonami, H ^a   Yokota, H ^a   Nakagawa, T ^a   Higashi, K ^a   Okimura, T ^a   Yamamoto, I ^a   Nishijima, Y ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23744504645     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9260(97)80228-0     Document Type: Article

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