ReviewInternational orthopaedics2019
Lumbar disc herniation: what has the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial taught us?
Review in International orthopaedics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Nonsurgical treatment outcomes for surgical candidates with lumbar disc herniation: a comprehensive cohort study.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Intervertebral disc degeneration.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2026Review
- Development and validation of a prognostic prediction model for lumbar-disc herniation based on machine learning and fusion of clinical text data and radiomic features.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 · 2026Article
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- Enhanced deep leaning model for detection and grading of lumbar disc herniation from MRI.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2024Article
- Clinical and radiomics feature-based outcome analysis in lumbar disc herniation surgery.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- The Relationship between Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Functional Tests Assessment in Patients with Lumbar Disk Hernia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Case Report and Literature Review: Lumbar Disc Extrusion Misdiagnosed as an Epidural Hematoma.Cureus · 2023Article
- Minimally Invasive Tubular Lumbar Discectomy Versus Conventional Open Lumbar Discectomy: An Observational Study From the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network.Global spine journal · 2023Article
- Biomechanics after spinal decompression and posterior instrumentation.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 · 2023Article
- Microendoscopic Surgery for Degenerative Disorders of the Cervical and Lumbar Spine: The Influence of the Tubular Workspace on Instrument Angulation, Clinical Outcome, Complications, and Reoperation Rates.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Cost consequence analysis of waiting for lumbar disc herniation surgery.Scientific reports · 2023Observational
- Analgesic effect of epidural anesthesia via the intervertebral foramen approach in percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy: a retrospective study.BMC anesthesiology · 2022Article
- Analysis of Long-Term Results of Lumbar Discectomy With and Without an Interspinous Device.International journal of spine surgery · 2022Article
- Curative Effect of Foraminal Endoscopic Surgery and Efficacy of the Wearable Lumbar Spine Protection Equipment in the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2022Article
- Return to work in patients with lumbar disc herniation undergoing fusion.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021Article
- The effect of warm needle moxibustion on lumbar disc herniation.American journal of translational research · 2021Article
- Combination of Rehabilitative Therapy with Ultramicronized Palmitoylethanolamide for Chronic Low Back Pain: An Observational Study.Pain and therapy · 2020Article
- Fluoroscopically guided caudal epidural steroid injections for axial low back pain associated with central disc protrusions: a prospective outcome study.International orthopaedics · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionIntervertebral disc herniation (IDH) can cause back pain and/or radiculopathy and accounts for a significant portion of patients having spinal surgery in the USA. One of the most impactful and well-executed randomized trials to study diagnosis, treatments, and outcomes in patients with three commonly treated spinal conditions was the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). This study and the subsequent data analyses have resulted in numerous publications related to IDH. The purpose of this review is to summarize SPORT publications with IDH results to better understand what we have learned from this important landmark trial.
methodsPublications utilizing SPORT data that reported findings related to IDH patients were identified from Medline, PubMed, and PubMed Central. The primary findings pertaining to IDH were summarized.
resultsThere were 25 studies identified reporting findings related to IDH from the SPORT data published between 2004 and 2017. Publications in the following areas were summarized: epidemiology and baseline patient characteristics (1), treatment preferences and expectations (2), radiological and MRI (3), primary study objectives at two years (2), four years (1) and eight years (1), subgroup analyses (13), cost-effectiveness (1), and reherniation (1).
conclusionsThis report reviewed the current state of SPORT publications related to IDH to identify and summarize what we have learned about diagnosis, patient characteristics, treatments, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness in patients with lumbar disc herniations. Many important findings are now published from this robust trial's data. Clinicians should incorporate these results into their clinical decision-making and during counseling patients presenting with lumbar disc herniations.
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