Surgical interventions for lumbar disc prolapse: Updated Cochrane Review

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1735-1747

  Gibson, J N Alastair ^a,b   Waddell, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated percutaneous discectomy; Chymopapain; Cochrane Review; Disc prolapse; Endoscopic; Laser; Randomized controlled trial; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CHYMOPAPAIN; PLACEBO; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE HEXACETONIDE;

CHEMONUCLEOLYSIS; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GEL; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISC PROLAPSE; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; THERAPY EFFECT;

CHYMOPAPAIN; CICATRIX; DISKECTOMY; DURA MATER; ENDOSCOPY; GELS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK CHEMOLYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LASERS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SCIATICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447525106     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3180bc2431     Document Type: Review

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