Total disc replacement for chronic low back pain: Current evidence suggests this may be the best surgical solution

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7809, 2011, Pages

  Fairbank, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; STRETCHING EXERCISE; SURGICAL APPROACH; CHRONIC DISEASE; IMPLANTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 79957933051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d2745     Document Type: Editorial

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