20 Years follow-up after the first microsurgical lumbar discectomies in Iceland

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-58

  Jensdottir, M ^a,b   Gudmundsson, K ^a   Hannesson, B ^a   Gudmundsson, G ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disc herniation; Follow up; Microsurgical discectomy; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ICELAND; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTERVIEW; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISKECTOMY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ICELAND; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846139276     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-006-1068-y     Document Type: Article

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