The top 100 classic papers in lumbar spine surgery

Spine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 740-747

  Steinberger, Jeremy ^a   Skovrlj, Branko ^a   Caridi, John M ^a   Cho, Samuel K ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classic; Lumbar spine; Most cited; Spine surgery; Top 100

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CITATION ANALYSIS; CLAUDICATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE SURGERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATICA; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ANIMAL; BIBLIOMETRICS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORTHOPEDICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRITING;

ANIMALS; AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; ORTHOPEDICS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84942607229     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000847     Document Type: Article

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