Lumbar disc degeneration induces persistent groin pain

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 114-118

  Oikawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Ohtori, Seiji ^a   Koshi, Takana ^a   Takaso, Masashi ^a   Inoue, Gen ^a   Orita, Sumihisa ^a   Eguchi, Yawara ^a   Ochiai, Nobuyasu ^a   Kishida, Shunji ^a   Kuniyoshi, Kazuki ^a   Nakamura, Junichi ^a   Aoki, Yasuchika ^a   Ishikawa, Tetsuhiro ^a   Miyagi, Masayuki ^a   Arai, Gen ^a   Kamoda, Hiroto ^a   Suzuki, Miyako ^a   Sainoh, Takeshi ^a   Toyone, Tomoaki ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

discogenic; groin; lumbar; pain

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOGENIC PAIN; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; INGUINAL PAIN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; PROVOCATION TEST; RADICULAR PAIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GROIN; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84855425177     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318210e6b5     Document Type: Article

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