Back pain is also improved by lumbar disc herniation surgery

Background and purpose — Indication for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) surgery is usually to relieve sciatica. We evaluated whether back pain also decreases after LDH surgery. Patients and methods — In the Swedish register for spinal surgery (SweSpine) we identified 14,097 patients aged 20–64 years, w...

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Main Authors: Niyaz Hareni, Fredrik Strömqvist, Björn Strömqvist, Freyr Gauti Sigmundsson, Björn E Rosengren, Magnus K Karlsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-09-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2020.1815981