Provocative discography and lumbar fusion: Is preoperative assessment of adjacent discs useful?

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1094-1099

  Willems, Paul C ^a   Elmans, Leon ^a   Anderson, Patricia G ^b   Van Der Schaaf, Dick B ^a   De Kleuver, Marinus ^a,c  

^a Institute for Spine Surgery and Applied Research (ISSAR)   (Netherlands)

^b Sint Maartenskliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

^c SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adjacent level; Chronic low back pain; Intervertebral disc; Lumbar spinal fusion; Provocative discography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISKOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247565599     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000261672.97430.b0     Document Type: Article

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