Journal:
:anesthesiology and pain medicine
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gholamreza farzanegan department of neurosurgery, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; neurosurgery research center, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, vanak sq., mollasadra ave., p o. box: 19945-587, tehran, ir iran. tel: +98-2122590769.
mohsen alghasi department of neurosurgery, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
saeid safari department of anesthesiology, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
seyyed ali ahmadi department of neurosurgery, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
results the depression and disability scores of patients before lumbar discectomy significantly decreased after surgery. conclusions our results indicate that lumbar discectomy surgery significantly improved depression and disability in patients with chronic herniated discs. patients and methods one hundred forty-eight patients with chronic low back pain and radicular leg pain were included in ...