Do these results apply to the 'intervention naive' patient?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1702-

  Dean, Benjamin John Floyd ^a  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SCIATICA; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL BONE EDEMA; BONE DISEASES; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE DISEASES; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE;

EID: 84881552421     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2900-8     Document Type: Letter

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