Failed back syndrome

Neurologist

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 259-264

  Onesti, Stephen T ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Failed back syndrome; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; GABAPENTIN; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; SEDATIVE AGENT; STEROID;

CHRONIC PAIN; COMPENSATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; FAILED BACK SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LINIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLYPHARMACY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NARCOTICS; REOPERATION; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544282342     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nrl.0000138733.09406.39     Document Type: Review

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