The functional relevance of neurological recovery 20 years or more after lumbar discectomy

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 554-555

  Marshall, R W ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43649085916     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B5.20896     Document Type: Short Survey

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