The role of sensory parameters in predicting clinical outcome after lumbar discectomy

Background: Lumbar discectomy is considered a safe, efficacious and cost-effective treatment for selected cases of patients with leg pain associated with the presence of a disc protrusion. But despite technically successful surgery, 30 % of patients complain of persistent pain on long-term follow up...

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Main Authors: Tampin, B., Lind, C., Slater, Helen
Format: Journal Article
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53633