Primary and revision lumbar discectomy: A three-year review from one center

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-181

  Acharya, K N ^a   Senthil Nathan, T S ^b   Kumar, J Renjit ^b   Menon, K Venugopal ^b  

^a Dwaraka Institute of Spine Care   (India)

^b AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Herniated disc; Lumbar discectomy; Revision discectomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549107693     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.40254     Document Type: Article

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