dc.contributor.author | Sorensen, Betsey | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Hulkower, Stephen D. | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Stigleman, Sue | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | eng |
dc.description.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). | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6939 | eng |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | Family Physicians Inquiries Network | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcollection | Clinical Inquiries, 2010 (MU) | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Journal of family practice, 59, no. 04 (April 2010): 228+. | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | eng |
dc.subject | low back pain | eng |
dc.subject | sciatica | eng |
dc.subject | cauda equina syndrome | eng |
dc.subject | neurologic deficit | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Back -- Surgery | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Intervertebral disk -- Hernia -- Surgery | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Spine -- Diseases -- Treatment | eng |
dc.title | Does surgery relieve the pain of a herniated disc? | eng |
dc.type | Article | eng |