Asymptomatic same-site recurrent disc herniation after lumbar discectomy: Results of a prospective longitudinal study with 2-year serial imaging

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 2147-2151

  Lebow, Richard L ^a   Adogwa, Owoicho ^a   Parker, Scott L ^b   Sharma, Adrija ^a   Cheng, Joseph ^a   McGirt, Matthew J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

lumbar discectomy; outcomes; recurrent disc herniation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855166639     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182054595     Document Type: Article

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