The evidence on surgical interventions for low back disorders, an overview of systematic reviews

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1936-1949

  Jacobs, Wilco C H ^a   Rubinstein, Sidney M ^b   Willems, Paul C ^c   Moojen, Wouter A ^a   Pellisé, Ferran ^d   Oner, Cumhur F ^e   Peul, Wilco C ^a,f   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^b,g  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Lumbar disc herniation; Spinal stenosis; Spondylolisthesis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED PERCUTANEOUS LUMBAR DISCECTOMY; CHEMONUCLEOLYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSFORAMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ZURICH CLAUDICATION QUESTIONNAIRE;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 84885311954     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2823-4     Document Type: Review

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