Consensus at last! Long-term results of all randomized controlled trials show that fusion is no better than non-operative care in improving pain and disability in chronic low back pain.

Mannion, Anne F; Brox, Jens-Ivar; Fairbank, Jeremy C · Spine J · 2016

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

Commentary On: Hedlund R, Johansson C, Hagg O, Fritzell P, Tullberg T. Swedish Lumbar Spine Study Group. The long-term outcome of lumbar fusion in the Swedish lumbar spine study. Spine J 2016;16:579-87 (in this issue).

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Anatomy