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:anesthesiology and pain medicine
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gholamreza farzanegan department of neurosurgery, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, iran; neurosurgery research center, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, vanak sq. , mollasadra ave. , p o. box: 19945-587, tehran, iran. tel: +98-2122590769
mohsen alghasi department of neurosurgery, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
saeid safari department of anesthesiology, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
conclusions lumbar discectomy improves both the physical and mental health subscale of the quality of life in patients with chronic disc herniation. results physical and mental health scores of patients significantly improved after 6 and 12 months of lumbar discectomy. the mean improvement in physical health scores was significantly higher in female patients than in male patients. however, the ...