The correlation between the duration of sciatica and clinical outcome after lumbar discectomy

Background: Sciatic pain in association with lumbar disc herniation may require surgical intervention in the form of lumbar discectomy. Yet, the optimal time for this operation has not been specified in medical literature. Methods: In a Cross-sectional study, 147 patients (100 men and 47 women) with...

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Main Authors: Hossein Mashhadinezhad, Babak Ganjeifar
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015-06-01
Series:Tehran University Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://tumj.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-5332&slc_lang=en&sid=1