Endplate changes following discectomy: natural history and associations between imaging and clinical data

European Spine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2449-2457

  Weiner, Bradley K ^a   Vilendecic, Milorad ^b   Ledic, Darko ^c   Eustacchio, Sandro ^d   Varga, Peter ^e   Gorensek, Miro ^f   Fernandez Moure, Joseph ^a   Hipp, John A ^g  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

^c KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e National Center for Spinal Disorders   (Hungary)

^f Orthopedic Clinic in Ljubljana   (Slovenia)

^g Medical Metrics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; Endplate changes; Imaging; Lumbar discectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDPLATE DEFECT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA BODY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE MARROW; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE MARROW; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84945288708     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-014-3734-8     Document Type: Article

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