Prognosis or "curabo effect?" Physician prediction and patient outcome of surgery for low back pain and sciatica

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1448-1452

  Graz, Bertrand ^a   Wietlisbach, Vincent ^a   Porchet, François ^b   Vader, John Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Back pain; Back surgery; Disability; Discectomy; Expectation; Mental health; Prediction; Prognosis; Recovery of function; Sciatica; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCIATICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28744459076     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000166508.88846.b3     Document Type: Article

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