Original paper

Surgical vs Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation

JAMA63.10
Volume: 296, Issue: 20, Pages: 2451 - 2451
Published: Nov 22, 2006
Abstract
For patients with lumbar disk herniation, the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) randomized trial intent-to-treat analysis showed small but not statistically significant differences in favor of diskectomy compared with usual care. However, the large numbers of patients who crossed over between assigned groups precluded any conclusions about the comparative effectiveness of operative therapy vs usual care.To compare the treatment...
Paper Details
Title
Surgical vs Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation
Published Date
Nov 22, 2006
Journal
Volume
296
Issue
20
Pages
2451 - 2451
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