Management of sciatica due to lumbar disc herniation in the Netherlands: A survey among spine surgeons

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-39

  Arts, Mark P ^a,b   Peul, Wilco C ^a,b   Koes, Bart W ^c   Thomeer, Ralph T W M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Lumbar disc herniation; Sciatica; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; NETHERLANDS; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON;

DATA COLLECTION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LASER THERAPY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SCIATICA; SPINE;

EID: 46749156226     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/9/7/032     Document Type: Article

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