Lumbar disk herniation: What are reliable criterions indicative for surgery?

Orthopedics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 589-

  Cakir, Balkan ^a   Schmidt, Rene ^a,b   Reichel, Heiko ^a   Käfer, Wolfram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADICULAR PAIN; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PARALYSIS; PARESIS; POLYRADICULOPATHY;

EID: 70349227319     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20090624-19     Document Type: Review

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