Outcomes in patients admitted for rehabilitation with spinal neurological lesions following intervertebral disc herniation

Spinal Cord

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 621-626

  Ronen, J ^a,b   Goldin, D ^c   Itzkovich, M ^a,b   Bluvshtein, V ^a   Gelernter, I ^b   Gepstein, R ^b,d   David, R ^b,d   Livshitz, A ^b,d   Catz, A ^a,b  

^a LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Disc herniation; Length of stay in hospital; Recovery; Spinal cord lesion; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISRAEL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD LESION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL INJURIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9144226378     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101642     Document Type: Article

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