Youtube™ as a source of patient information for lumbar discectomy

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 144-146

  Brooks, Francis ^a   Lawrence, H ^a   Jones, A ^a   McCarthy, M J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Lumbar; Patient education; youtube

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; STANDARD; VIDEORECORDING;

DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOCIAL MEDIA; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84897781614     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588414X13814021676396     Document Type: Article

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