[HTML][HTML] Does lumbar surgery for chronic low-back pain make a difference?

M Bhandari, B Petrisor, JW Busse, B Drew - CMAJ, 2005 - Can Med Assoc
Background: The commonplace problem of chronic low-back pain often results in disability
severe enough to cause long-term absences from work and inability to carry out the normal …

The surgical treatment of non-specific low back pain

NV Todd - The bone & joint journal, 2017 - boneandjoint.org.uk
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has issued guidelines that state fusion
for non-specific low back pain should only be performed as part of a randomised controlled …

Indications and limitations of surgery of common low back pain

P Anract - La Revue du Praticien, 2000 - europepmc.org
Surgical treatment of the low-back pain remains controversial in term of efficacy. Surgical
treatment is advocated only when conservative management fails, a clearly identifiable …

[HTML][HTML] Low back pain: current surgical approaches

S Baliga, K Treon, NJA Craig - Asian spine journal, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Low back pain (LBP) is a worldwide phenomenon. The UK studies place LBP as the largest
single cause of absence from work; up to 80% of the population will experience LBP at least …

Surgical versus non-surgical treatment of chronic low back pain: a meta-analysis of randomised trials

T Ibrahim, IM Tleyjeh, O Gabbar - International orthopaedics, 2008 - Springer
We performed a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials to investigate the
effectiveness of surgical fusion for the treatment of chronic low back pain compared to non …

Surgery for low back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society Clinical Practice Guideline

R Chou, J Baisden, EJ Carragee, DK Resnick… - Spine, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. To systematically assess benefits and harms of
surgery for nonradicular back pain with common degenerative changes, radiculopathy with …

Fusion surgery is slightly better than non-surgical treatment in patients with severe chronic non-specific low back pain

I Holm - Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, 2002 - Elsevier
Fusion surgery is slightly better than non-surgical treatment in patients with severe chronic
non-specific low back pain - ScienceDirect Skip to main contentSkip to article Elsevier logo …

[HTML][HTML] Is spinal surgery effective for back pain?

N Bogduk, G Andersson - F1000 medicine reports, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There have only been a few randomized controlled trials of surgical treatment of chronic low
back pain caused by degenerative disc disease. Fusion surgery has been compared …

Clinical guidelines and payer policies on fusion for the treatment of chronic low back pain

JS Cheng, MJ Lee, E Massicotte, B Ashman… - Spine, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Objective. The purpose of this review is to provide a critical appraisal of general and fusion–
specific clinical practice guidelines on the treatment of chronic nonradicular low back pain …

Randomised controlled trial to compare surgical stabilisation of the lumbar spine with an intensive rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic low back pain …

J Fairbank, H Frost, J Wilson-MacDonald, LM Yu… - Bmj, 2005 - bmj.com
Objectives To assess the clinical effectiveness of surgical stabilisation (spinal fusion)
compared with intensive rehabilitation for patients with chronic low back pain. Design …