Accelerated degeneration after failed cervical and lumbar nucleoplasty

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 521-524

  Cuellar, Vanessa G ^a   Cuellar, Jason M ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^b   Carragee, Eugene J ^c   Scuderi, Gaetano J ^c  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

disk; imaging; nucleoplasty; Pfirrmann classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOPLASTY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE PAIN; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 78650345471     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181cc90dd     Document Type: Article

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