Symptomatic nerve root changes on contrast-enhanced MR imaging after surgery for lumbar disk herniation

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1062-1067

  Lee, Yeon Soo ^a   Choi, E S ^a   Song, C J ^b  

^a Daejeon St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE ROOT; NERVE ROOT CHANGES; NERVE ROOT DISPLACEMENT; NERVE ROOT ENHANCEMENT; NERVE ROOT LESION; NERVE ROOT THICKENING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADICULAR PAIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949092014     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1497     Document Type: Article

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