Is preoperative occupation related to long-term pain in patients operated for lumbar disc herniation? Cirurgia de hérnia de disco lombar: existe relação entre a profissão e a persistência de dor?

Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a common cause of back and sciatic pain. When clinical treatment fails, surgery may be indicated in selected patients. Although surgery is effective in most cases, some of these patients may have a poor outcome. Different factors may influence these results and poor a...

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Published in:	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Main Authors:	Daniel Benzecry Almeida, Paola Hesse Poletto, Jerônimo Buzetti Milano, André Giacomelli Leal, Ricardo Ramina
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Thieme Revinter Publicações 2007-09-01
Subjects:	hérnia de disco lombar profissão dor lombar dor irradiada dor ciática lumbar disc herniation occupation failed back syndrome outcome discectomy
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2007000500005