Quality-of-life evaluation of patients undergoing lumbar discectomy using short form 36

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-76

  Farzanegan, Gholamreza ^a   Alghasi, Mohsen ^b   Safari, Saeid ^b  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Laminectomy; Low back pain; Mental health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900819941     PISSN: 22287523     EISSN: 22287531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/kowsar.22287523.1998     Document Type: Article

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