Prospective study of outcomes in lumbar discectomy

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 389-395

  Guilfoyle, M R ^a   Ganesan, D ^a   Seeley, H ^a   Laing, R J ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Lumbar disc prolapse; Prospective study; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOGRAPHY; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547660194     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690701477310     Document Type: Article

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