| Literature DB >> 1428314 |
S Dhar1, R W Porter.
Abstract
Failures and poor results of 160 patients after lumbar spinal surgery between 1980 and 1984 were analysed retrospectively. A self-rated questionnaire carried out 12 months after operation revealed 20 poor results; these occurred most commonly after multiple operations, decompression and fusion as compared to disc excision. The commonest cause was failure to recognise abnormal pain behaviour before operation. A more careful preoperative assessment should reduce the incidence of failure.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1428314 DOI: 10.1007/bf00180207
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int Orthop ISSN: 0341-2695 Impact factor: 3.075