TURKISH NEUROSURGERY, cilt.23, sa.4, ss.427-433, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
AIM: The purpose of the present study is to analyze the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) grading and histopathological alterations of the intervertebral disc (IVD) for correlations with each other and with the age, gender and low back pain duration of the patients who had undergone operations for lumbar disc herniation (LDH).