The long-term clinical sequelae of incidental durotomy in lumbar disc surgery

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 2298-2302

  Saxler, Guido ^a   Krämer, Jürgen ^b   Barden, Bertram ^a   Kurt, Asik ^b   Pförtner, Jörg ^a   Bernsmann, Kai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Incidental durotomy; Long term sequelae; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG USE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HANNOVER FUNCTIONAL ABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR MEASURING BACK PAIN RELATED FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL DUROTOMY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPTOM; TEGNER SCORE; WORK DISABILITY;

ABSENTEEISM; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; DISKECTOMY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LACERATIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27144543587     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000182131.44670.f7     Document Type: Article

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