Further reading
- AndersonPAMcCormickPCAngevinePDRandomized controlled trials of the treatment of lumbar disk herniation: 1983–2007J Am Acad Orthop Surg20081656657318832600
- BonoCMWisneskiRGarfinSRLumbar disc herniationsHerkowitzHNGarfinSREismontFJBellGRBalderstonRAThe Spine5th edPhiladelphia, PASaunders2006
- McCullochJAFocus issue on lumbar disc herniation: Macro- and microdiscectomySpine19962145S56S9112324
- McCullochJAEdwardsCCIIRiewKDLumbar microdiscectomyBradfordDSZdeblickTAMaster Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: The SpinePhiladelphia, PALippincott Williams & Wilkins2002
References
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