(ii) The role of surgery in low back pain

Current Orthopaedics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-16

  Carragee, Eugene J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial disc replacement; Back pain; Discography; Lumbar disc degeneration; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COMPENSATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MENTAL STRESS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPINE FUSION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947264683     PISSN: 02680890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cuor.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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