Sexual function in men and women after anterior surgery for chronic low back pain

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 677-682

  Hägg, Olle ^a,b   Fritzell, Peter ^a,b   Nordwall, Anders ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Department of Orthopaedics ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ejaculation; Low back pain; Orgasm; Sexual dysfunction; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; INFERTILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 33646734718     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-005-1017-0     Document Type: Article

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