Endplate changes following discectomy: natural history and associations between imaging and clinical data

Magnetic Resonance Classification of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

Christian W. A. Pfirrmann, Alexander Metzdorf, Marco Zanetti et al. · Spine · 2001 · 4K citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Radiology +17

Minimum clinically important difference in lumbar spine surgery patients: a choice of methods using the Oswestry Disability Index, Medical Outcomes Study questionnaire Short Form 36, and Pain Scales

Anne G. Copay, Steven D. Glassman, Brian R. Subach et al. · The Spine Journal · 2008 · 1.2K citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +16

Sensory And Sympathetic Innervation Of The Vertebral Endplate In Patients With Degenerative Disc Disease

Mark F. Brown, Mika Hukkanen, I. D. McCarthy et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume · 1997 · 298 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +13

Vertebral end-plate lesions (Schmorl's nodes) in the dorsolumbar spine.

R C Hilton, J. Ball, R T Benn · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 1976 · 229 citations · Full text

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pathology +14

Schmorl Nodes of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine: Radiographic-Pathologic Study of Prevalence, Characterization, and Correlation with Degenerative Changes of 1,650 Spinal Levels in 100 Cadavers

Christian W. A. Pfirrmann, D Resnick · Radiology · 2001 · 216 citations

Medicine, Anatomy, Radiology +17