Surgery versus conservative care for neck pain: A systematic review

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-95

  Van Middelkoop, Marienke ^a   Rubinstein, Sidney M ^b   Ostelo, Raymond ^b,c   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^b,c   Peul, Wilco ^d   Koes, Bart W ^a   Verhagen, Arianne P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservative care; Randomised controlled trials; Surgery; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872373465     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2553-z     Document Type: Review

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