Diagnostic triage for low back pain: a practical approach for primary care

LD Bardin, P King, CG Maher - Medical journal of Australia, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Diagnostic triage is an essential guideline recommendation for low back pain (LBP), which
is the most frequent musculoskeletal condition that general practitioners encounter in …

Herniated lumbar intervertebral disk

RA Deyo, SK Mirza - New England Journal of Medicine, 2016‏ - Mass Medical Soc
Key Clinical Points Herniated Lumbar Intervertebral Disk Herniated lumbar disks are the
leading cause of sciatica, but they also are detected on imaging (MRI or CT) in …

Full endoscopic versus open discectomy for sciatica: randomised controlled non-inferiority trial

PS Gadjradj, SM Rubinstein, WC Peul, PR Depauw… - bmj, 2022‏ - bmj.com
Objective To assess whether percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) is
non-inferior to conventional open microdiscectomy in reduction of leg pain caused by …

Surgical versus non-surgical treatment for sciatica: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

C Liu, GE Ferreira, CA Shaheed, Q Chen, IA Harris… - bmj, 2023‏ - bmj.com
Objective To investigate the effectiveness and safety of surgery compared with non-surgical
treatment for sciatica. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources Medline …

[HTML][HTML] Toward a mechanism-based approach to pain diagnosis

D Vardeh, RJ Mannion, CJ Woolf - The Journal of Pain, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The past few decades have witnessed a huge leap forward in our understanding of the
mechanistic underpinnings of pain, in normal states where it helps protect from injury, and …

An evidence-based clinical guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy

DS Kreiner, SW Hwang, JE Easa, DK Resnick… - The Spine Journal, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Background context The objective of the North American Spine Society's (NASS) Evidence-
Based Clinical Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation with …

Sciatica

AH Ropper, RD Zafonte - New England Journal of Medicine, 2015‏ - Mass Medical Soc
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Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain: a joint clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society

R Chou, A Qaseem, V Snow, D Casey… - Annals of internal …, 2007‏ - acpjournals.org
Recommendation 1: Clinicians should conduct a focused history and physical examination
to help place patients with low back pain into 1 of 3 broad categories: nonspecific low back …

Surgery versus conservative care for persistent sciatica lasting 4 to 12 months

CS Bailey, P Rasoulinejad, D Taylor… - … England Journal of …, 2020‏ - Mass Medical Soc
Background The treatment of chronic sciatica caused by herniation of a lumbar disk has not
been well studied in comparison with acute disk herniation. Data are needed on whether …

Surgical vs nonoperative treatment for lumbar disk herniation: the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT): a randomized trial

JN Weinstein, TD Tosteson, JD Lurie, ANA Tosteson… - Jama, 2006‏ - jamanetwork.com
ContextLumbar diskectomy is the most common surgical procedure performed for back and
leg symptoms in US patients, but the efficacy of the procedure relative to nonoperative care …