When is the appropriate time for surgical intervention of the herniated lumbar disc in the adolescent?

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1153-1156

  Fakouri, Bahram ^a   Nnadi, Colin ^a   Boszczyk, Bronek ^a   Kunsky, Alexander ^a   Cacciola, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Early surgery; Lumbar disc herniation; Minimally invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BACK PAIN; CHILD; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LIFTING; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATICA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650717250     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.01.023     Document Type: Article

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