Diabetic amyotrophy coexisting with lumbar disk herniation and stenosis: a case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 496-499

  Cho, Keun Tae ^a   Kim, Nam Hee ^a  

^a Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diabetic amyotrophy; Lumbar disk herniation; Lumbar stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MUSCLE ATROPHY; STENOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CAUDA EQUINA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYRADICULOPATHY; RECURRENCE; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATICA; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 62749188337     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.10.028     Document Type: Article

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