Non-Endoscopic and Endoscopic Adhesiolysis in Post Lumbar Laminectomy Syndrome: A One-Year Outcome Study and Cost Effectiveness Analysis

Economics of coronary artery bypass grafting.

1985 • 698 citations

Causes of Failure of Surgery on the Lumbar Spine

1981 • 442 citations

The Failed Back Surgery Syndrome

1996 • 430 citations

Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: 5-Year Follow-Up in 102 Patients Undergoing Repeated Operation

1991 • 374 citations

Association Between Peridural Scar and Recurrent Radicular Pain After Lumbar Discectomy: Magnetic Resonance Evaluation

1996 • 314 citations

Cost-effectiveness of Treatments for Major Depression in Primary Care Practice

1998 • 313 citations

Association Between Peridural Scar and Recurrent Radicular Pain After Lumbar Discectomy: Magnetic Resonance Evaluation

1996 • 295 citations

From Outcomes Research to Disease Management: A Guide for the Perplexed

1996 • 292 citations

Failed lumbar disc surgery and repeat surgery following industrial injuries.

1979 • 282 citations

Increasing Rates of Cervical and Lumbar Spine Surgery in the United States, 1979–1990

1994 • 264 citations

Reoperation after lumbar intervertebral disc surgery

1978 • 197 citations

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Methodological Quality of Randomized Clinical Trials on Treatment Efficcact in Low Back Pain

1995 • 153 citations

The development of low-back pain after excision of a lumbar disc.

1989 • 147 citations

Cost-Effectiveness of Lumbar Discectomy for the Treatment of Herniated Intervertebral Disc

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Analysis of Failures and Poor Results of Lumbar Spine Surgery

1980 • 127 citations

Repeat Surgery After Disc Excision

1978 • 125 citations

Postoperative Lumbar Epiduro-Arachnoiditis

1980 • 103 citations

Lysis of Adhesions in the Epidural Space

1989 • 94 citations

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1986 • 90 citations

Relevance of Epidurography and Epidural Adhesiolysis in Chronic Failed Back Surgery Patients

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Lumbar Adhesive Arachnoiditis

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Adhesions of the Ventral Lumbar Dura

1990 • 76 citations

Cost Effectiveness of Intrathecal Therapy for Pain

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Intractable Pain Therapy Using a New Epidural Catheter

1982 • 68 citations

Reduction in Perineural Scar Formation After Laminectomy with Polyactiveà Membrane Sheets

1994 • 66 citations

Outcomes Assessment in Clinical Settings: A Consensus Statement on Principles and Best Practices in Project Management

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Redecompression and fusion in failed back syndrome patients.

1990 • 51 citations

Causes of failure of surgery on the lumbar spine: ten-year follow-up.

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Economics of coronary artery bypass grafting

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Arachnoiditis and epidural fibrosis: the Relationship to chronic pain

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Outpatient Treatment of Patients with Chronic Pain An Analysis of Cost Savings

1989 • 31 citations

Reoperation after Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Surgery

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Intractable pain therapy using a new epidural catheter

1982 • 18 citations

The Role of Improper Surgery in the Etiology of the Failed Back Syndrome

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1992 • 11 citations

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