ReviewEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2006
Outcome of invasive treatment modalities on back pain and sciatica: an evidence-based review.
Review in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for sciatica.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Total disc replacement surgery for symptomatic degenerative lumbar disc disease: a systematic review of the literature.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2010Pooled it
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- Description and design considerations of a randomized clinical trial investigating the effect of a multidisciplinary cognitive-behavioural intervention for patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion surgery.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2014Trial
- Veterans walk to beat back pain: study rationale, design and protocol of a randomized trial of a pedometer-based internet mediated intervention for patients with chronic low back pain.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2010Trial
- A randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of mechanical traction for sub-groups of patients with low back pain: study methods and rationale.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2010Trial
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- A systematic review of bone graft products used in lumbar interbody fusion procedures for degenerative disc disease.North American Spine Society journal · 2025Review
- Lumbar Disc Replacement Versus Interbody Fusion: Meta-analysis of Complications and Clinical Outcomes.Orthopedic reviews · 2024Article
- Psychological interventions for individuals with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorder: a scoping review.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2023Article
- Effects of vertebral fusion on levels of pro-inflammatory and catabolic mediators in a rabbit model of intervertebral disc degeneration.Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica · 2021Article
- Cryopreserved amniotic membrane and umbilical cord particulate for managing pain caused by facet joint syndrome: A case series.Medicine · 2019Article
- The Chinese Association for the Study of Pain (CASP): Consensus on the Assessment and Management of Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain.Pain research & management · 2019Review
- Clinical Outcomes of Total Disc Replacement Versus Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease.Global spine journal · 2017Article
- Low back pain in older adults: risk factors, management options and future directions.Scoliosis and spinal disorders · 2017Review
- Factors affecting health-related quality of life one year after lumbar spinal fusion.Physical therapy research · 2017Article
- Using visuo-kinetic virtual reality to induce illusory spinal movement: the MoOVi Illusion.PeerJ · 2017Article
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- Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Treating Sciatica: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Review
- Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis in older people: current treatment options.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2013Review
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Abstract
Within the framework of evidence-based medicine high-quality randomised trials and systematic reviews are considered a necessary prerequisite for progress in orthopaedics. This paper summarises the currently available evidence on surgical and other invasive procedures for low back pain. Results of systematic reviews conducted within the framework of the Cochrane Back Review Group were used. Data were gathered from the latest Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 2. The Cochrane reviews were updated using the evidence summary on surgery and other invasive procedures from the COST B13 European Guidelines for the Management of Acute and Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain. Facet joint, epidural, trigger point and sclerosant injections have not clearly been shown to be effective and can consequently not be recommended. There is no scientific evidence on the effectiveness of spinal stenosis surgery. Surgical discectomy may be considered for selected patients with sciatica due to lumbar disc prolapses that fail to resolve with the conservative management. Cognitive intervention Combined with exercises is recommended for chronic low back pain, and fusion surgery may be considered only in carefully selected patients after active rehabilitation programmes during 2 years time have failed. Demanding surgical fusion techniques are not better than the traditional posterolateral fusion without internal fixation.
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