Are drains useful for lumbar disc surgery? A prospective, randomized clinical study

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-177

  Mirzai, Hasan ^a,b   Eminoglu, Mehmet ^a   Orguc, Şebnem ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drain; Epidural fibrosis; Hematoma; Lumbar discectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; COMORBIDITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL HEMATOMA; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746577525     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000190560.20872.a7     Document Type: Article

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