Is An Isolated Intervertebral Disk With Significant Degeneration Magnetic Resonance Imaging A Cause of Low Back Pain That Requires No Confirmatory Diagnostic Tests?

Clin Spine Surg

*Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA †Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ ‡Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University & Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, PA.

Published: May 2017

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