The clinical value of early postoperative MRI after lumbar spine surgery

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-50

  Crocker, Matthew ^a   Jones, Timothy L ^a   Rich, Philip ^b   Bell, B Anthony ^a   Papadopoulos, Marios C ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artifact; Discectomy; MRI; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEURAL COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77149145242     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688690903374067     Document Type: Article

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