Long-term results of various operations for lumbar disc herniation: Analysis of over 39,000 patients

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 285-290

  Dohrmann, George J ^a   Mansour, Nassir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term follow up; Lumbar disc herniation; Lumbar disc operations; Lumbar disc surgery; Operations for lumbar disc herniation; Results of lumbar disc surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK PROSTHESIS; ENDOSCOPIC MICRODISCECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICRODISCECTOMY; SPINE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DISKECTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929949268     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000375499     Document Type: Article

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