Lumbar discectomy: A national survey of neurosurgeons and literature review

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-200

  Cenic, Aleksa ^a   Kachur, Edward ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHI SQUARE TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; IMAGING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MICROSCOPE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETRACTOR; WORK RESUMPTION; X RAY; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 65649095968     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100006557     Document Type: Article

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