Incidence and severity of epidural fibrosis after back surgery: An endoscopic study

Pain Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-24

  Bosscher, Hemmo A ^a   Heavner, James E ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural fibrosis; Epiduroscopy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Recurrent back pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; EPIDURAL FIBROSIS; EPIDUROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY;

EID: 77249121595     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2009.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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