The prediction of outcome in somatised patients undergoing elective lumbar surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 517-521

  Okoro, T ^a   Sell, P ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 63849317634     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B4.21861     Document Type: Article

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