Conservatively treated massive prolapsed discs: A 7-year follow-up

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-153

  Benson, R T ^a   Tavares, Sp ^a   Robertson, Sc ^a   Sharp, R ^a   Marshall, Rw ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Intervertebral disc displacement; Magnetic resonance imaging; Natural history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SCIATICA; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77951245107     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12518836438840     Document Type: Article

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