The surgical treatment of non-specific low back pain.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1302/0301-620X.99B8.BJJ-2017-0199.R1.
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Abstract
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 trial, and that lumbar disc replacement should not be performed. Thus, spinal fusion and disc replacement will no longer be routine forms of treatment for patients with low back pain. This annotation considers the evidence upon which these guidelines are based. Cite this article: <i>Bone Joint J</i> 2017;99-B:1003-1005.
Medical subject headings
- Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
- Low Back Pain
- Lumbar Vertebrae
- Spinal Fusion
Anatomy
- lumbar spine