Prediction of successful discectomy using MRI quantitation of dural sac and herniated disc dimensions

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-18

  Pneumaticos, S G ^a,b   Chatziioannou, A N ^b   Hipp, J ^b   Chatziioannou, S N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PELVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ROC CURVE;

EID: 72449190167     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2008.01862.x     Document Type: Article

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