Postoperative computed tomography three months after lumbar disc surgery. A prospective single-blind study

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Postoperative computed tomography three months after lumbar disc surgery. A prospective single-blind study. / Jensen, T T; Overgaard, S; Thomsen, N O; Kramp, S; Petersen, O F; Hansen, J H.

I: Spine, Bind 16, Nr. 6, 06.1991, s. 620-2.

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Jensen, TT, Overgaard, S, Thomsen, NO, Kramp, S, Petersen, OF & Hansen, JH 1991, 'Postoperative computed tomography three months after lumbar disc surgery. A prospective single-blind study', Spine, bind 16, nr. 6, s. 620-2.

APA

Jensen, T. T., Overgaard, S., Thomsen, N. O., Kramp, S., Petersen, O. F., & Hansen, J. H. (1991). Postoperative computed tomography three months after lumbar disc surgery. A prospective single-blind study. Spine, 16(6), 620-2.

Vancouver

Jensen TT, Overgaard S, Thomsen NO, Kramp S, Petersen OF, Hansen JH. Postoperative computed tomography three months after lumbar disc surgery. A prospective single-blind study. Spine. 1991 jun.;16(6):620-2.

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Jensen, T T ; Overgaard, S ; Thomsen, N O ; Kramp, S ; Petersen, O F ; Hansen, J H. / Postoperative computed tomography three months after lumbar disc surgery. A prospective single-blind study. I: Spine. 1991 ; Bind 16, Nr. 6. s. 620-2.

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abstract = "In a prospective single-blind study, 60 patients surgically treated for lumbar disc herniation underwent clinical examination and computed tomography preoperatively and 3 months after surgery. At follow-up (58 patients; median, 31 months; range, 21-37 months), 29 patients had an excellent outcome (51%), 20 improved (33%), and 9 were unchanged or worse (16%). Dural or radicular scar tissue was present by computed tomography in 88% of the patients, but the findings could not be correlated with the clinical outcome. Recurrent or persistent disc herniation was found in 9% of the patients. The clinical outcome of patients with abnormal computed tomography did not differ significantly from patients without this finding. A relation between facet joint degeneration and less successful clinical outcome was demonstrated. Computed tomography (without contrast) 3 months after surgery gave little information which could be correlated with the clinical outcome. Patients with an excellent outcome had all degrees of intraspinal scar tissue.",
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AU - Hansen, J H

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N2 - In a prospective single-blind study, 60 patients surgically treated for lumbar disc herniation underwent clinical examination and computed tomography preoperatively and 3 months after surgery. At follow-up (58 patients; median, 31 months; range, 21-37 months), 29 patients had an excellent outcome (51%), 20 improved (33%), and 9 were unchanged or worse (16%). Dural or radicular scar tissue was present by computed tomography in 88% of the patients, but the findings could not be correlated with the clinical outcome. Recurrent or persistent disc herniation was found in 9% of the patients. The clinical outcome of patients with abnormal computed tomography did not differ significantly from patients without this finding. A relation between facet joint degeneration and less successful clinical outcome was demonstrated. Computed tomography (without contrast) 3 months after surgery gave little information which could be correlated with the clinical outcome. Patients with an excellent outcome had all degrees of intraspinal scar tissue.

AB - In a prospective single-blind study, 60 patients surgically treated for lumbar disc herniation underwent clinical examination and computed tomography preoperatively and 3 months after surgery. At follow-up (58 patients; median, 31 months; range, 21-37 months), 29 patients had an excellent outcome (51%), 20 improved (33%), and 9 were unchanged or worse (16%). Dural or radicular scar tissue was present by computed tomography in 88% of the patients, but the findings could not be correlated with the clinical outcome. Recurrent or persistent disc herniation was found in 9% of the patients. The clinical outcome of patients with abnormal computed tomography did not differ significantly from patients without this finding. A relation between facet joint degeneration and less successful clinical outcome was demonstrated. Computed tomography (without contrast) 3 months after surgery gave little information which could be correlated with the clinical outcome. Patients with an excellent outcome had all degrees of intraspinal scar tissue.

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