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The failed back surgery syndrome is a frequent condition. Burton [2] reported the incidence of the syndrome to be 10%–40%. This may involve disk herination (12%–16%), lateral spinal stenosis (58%), central spinal stenosis (7%–14%), arachnoiditis (6%-16%), or epidural fi-brosis (6%–8%). The crucial problem is the distinction between epidural scar and recurrent disk herniation, because only reoperation on recurrent disk herniation leads to a good surgical result.
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Resta, M., Dicuonzo, F., Lorusso, A., Carella, A. (1989). MR Post-Diskectomy Imaging. In: Nadjmi, M. (eds) Imaging of Brain Metabolism Spine and Cord Interventional Neuroradiology Free Communications. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74337-5_34
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