Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment of selected patients with discogenic low back pain: A small-sized randomized trial

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 347-354

  Ohtori, Seiji ^a   Koshi, Takana ^a   Yamashita, Masaomi ^a   Yamauchi, Kazuyo ^a   Inoue, Gen ^a   Suzuki, Munetaka ^a   Orita, Sumihisa ^a   Eguchi, Yawara ^a   Ochiai, Nobuyasu ^a   Kishida, Shunji ^a   Takaso, Masashi ^a   Kuniyoshi, Kazuki ^a   Aoki, Yasuchika ^a   Ishikawa, Tetsuhiro ^a   Arai, Gen ^a   Miyagi, Masayuki ^a   Kamoda, Hiroto ^a   Suzuki, Miyako ^a   Nakamura, Junichi ^a   Toyone, Tomoaki ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a   more..

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

intervertebral disc; lumbar; pain; surgery

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOGENIC LOW BACK PAIN; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPANESE ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORE; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTEROLATERAL FUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BUPIVACAINE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952314222     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d0c944     Document Type: Article

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