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ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2020

Neurosurgical Evaluation for Patients with Chronic Lower Back Pain.

Daniel Franco, Aria Mahtabfar, Kevin Hines, Victor Sabourin, Anthony Stefanelli, James Harrop

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Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Sciatica. Management for family physicians.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel FrancoDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 909 Walnut Street, Clinical Office Building, 2nd floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA. Daniel.Franco@jefferson.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0714-4288
Aria MahtabfarDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 909 Walnut Street, Clinical Office Building, 2nd floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.
Kevin HinesDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 909 Walnut Street, Clinical Office Building, 2nd floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.
Victor SabourinDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 909 Walnut Street, Clinical Office Building, 2nd floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.
Anthony StefanelliDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 909 Walnut Street, Clinical Office Building, 2nd floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.
James HarropDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 909 Walnut Street, Clinical Office Building, 2nd floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewChronic low back pain (CLBP) is a major cause of disability in the USA, and it affects approximately 1 in 4 Americans. CLBP patients are commonly referred to or seek out neurosurgical evaluations and opinions for treatment and management. RECENT

findingsLiterature shows that only a minority of patients with CLBP may benefit from a surgical procedure. These patients that present to clinic often have been ailing for a considerable amount of time and are eager for effective treatment to alleviate pain. However, determining if a patient with CLBP is a surgical candidate is predicated upon having no success of pain relief with non-operative management. Patients with CLBP require thorough and adequate imaging, clinical exam, and diagnostic evaluation. When adequate non-operative management was provided, and proven fruitless, the patient may be considered an operative candidate. In this manuscript, a framework is presented for workup and evaluation of patients with CLBP.

Indexed as

Pain MeasurementChronic PainHumansLow Back PainLumbar VertebraePersons with DisabilitiesTreatment OutcomeArthrodesisChronic low back painElectromyographyRadiculopathyReferred painSelective nerve root injectionSpinal fusion

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PMID32803429
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