Is preoperative occupation related to long-term pain in patients operated for lumbar disc herniation?

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 3 B, 2007, Pages 758-763

  Almeida, Daniel Benzecry ^a,b   Poletto, Paola Hesse ^a   Milano, Jerônimo Buzetti ^a   Leal, André Giacomelli ^a   Ramina, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGIA DE CURITIBA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Failed back syndrome; Lumbar disc herniation; Occupation; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 35448971318     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2007000500005     Document Type: Article

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