A case of severe low back pain associated with Richard disease (lumbosacral transitional vertebra)

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 253-255

  Endo, Kenji ^a   Ito, K ^a   Ichimaru, K ^a   Komagata, M ^a   Imakiire, A ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electric denervation; Lumbosacral junction; Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae; Richard disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENERVATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RARE DISEASE; RICHARD DISEASE; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DENERVATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544375067     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-818520     Document Type: Article

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