A stiff and straight back preoperatively is associated with a good outcome 2 years after lumbar disc surgery: A prospective study of 80 patients

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 573-578

  Lundin, Anders ^a   Magnuson, Anders ^a   Nilsson, Olle ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK STIFFNESS; DISABILITY; DISKITIS; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR DISC SURGERY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTDISCECTOMY SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; RIGIDITY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SYNDROME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450170749     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453670903316785     Document Type: Article

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