Percutaneous lumbar discectomy: One-year follow-up in an initial cohort of fifty consecutive patients with chronic radicular pain

Pain Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 116-124

  Alò, Kenneth M ^a,d   Wright, Robert E ^b   Sutcliffe, John ^c   Brandt, Scott A ^b  

^a Houston Texas Pain Management   (United States)

^b Denver Pain Management   (United States)

^c London Spine Joint Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disc displacement; Disc herniation; Percutaneous decompression; Percutaneous discectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULAR PAIN; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 27944498651     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2005.05208.x     Document Type: Article

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