Failure within one year following subtotal lumbar discectomy

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-15

  Wera, Glenn D ^a   Marcus, Randall E ^a   Ghanayem, Alexander J ^b   Bohlman, Henry H ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CARRAGEE CLASSIFICATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OSWESTRY SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INSTABILITY;

EID: 37849006827     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.01569     Document Type: Article

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