Percent spinal canal compromise on MRI utilized for predicting the need for surgical treatment in single-level lumbar intervertebral disc herniation

Spine Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 608-614

  Carlisle, Elliot ^a   Luna, Mario ^b   Tsou, Paul M ^c   Wang, Jeffrey C ^c  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar disc herniation; Lumbar disc herniation area; Percent canal compromise; Spinal canal cross section area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCIATICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28044468348     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2005.05.384     Document Type: Article

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