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Original Articles

The outcome of lumbar disc herniation surgery is worse in old adults than in young adults

A study of 14,090 individuals in the Swedish Spine Surgery Register (SweSpine)

Fredrik StrömqvistClinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit, Departments of Clinical Sciences and Orthopedics, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.Correspondence[email protected]
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Björn StrömqvistClinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit, Departments of Clinical Sciences and Orthopedics, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
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Bo JönssonClinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit, Departments of Clinical Sciences and Orthopedics, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
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Magnus K KarlssonClinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit, Departments of Clinical Sciences and Orthopedics, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
Pages 516-521 | Received 26 Jan 2016, Accepted 28 May 2016, Published online: 08 Jul 2016

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