Surgical Management of Neck and Low Back Pain

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 507-522

  Krishnaney, Ajit A ^a   Park, John ^a   Benzel, Edward C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NECK PAIN; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECK PAIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34147144227     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2007.01.005     Document Type: Review

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