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    Does surgery relieve the pain of a herniated disc?

    Sorensen, Betsey
    Hulkower, Stephen D.
    Stigleman, Sue
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    Abstract
    Patients with an acute episode of low back pain, radicular symptoms, and evidence of a herniated disc on imaging may experience short-term pain relief from discectomy if their symptoms haven�۪t improved after initial conservative therapy (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, multiple randomized, controlled trials [RCTs]). Although surgery may enhance pain relief initially, no evidence supports a long-term benefit for surgery over conservative management (SOR: A, multiple RCTs).
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    Journal of family practice, 59, no. 04 (April 2010): 228+.
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