Prolonged conservative treatment or 'early' surgery in sciatica caused by a lumbar disc herniation: Rationale and design of a randomized trial [ISRCT 26872154]

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Peul, Wilco C ^a   Van Houwelingen, Hans C ^a   Van Der Hout, Wilbert B ^a   Brand, Ronald ^a   Eekhof, Just A H ^a   Tans, Joseph Th J ^b   Thomeer, Ralph T W M ^a   Koes, Bart W ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCIATICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15244340264     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-6-8     Document Type: Article

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