Open AccessSurgery versus Conservative Care for Persistent Sciatica Lasting 4 to 12 Months
Author(s) -
Christopher S. Bailey,
Parham Rasoulinejad,
David C. Taylor,
Keith Sequeira,
Thomas A. Miller,
Jim Watson,
Richard Rosedale,
Stewart I. Bailey,
Kevin R. Gurr,
Fawaz Siddiqi,
Andrew Glennie,
Jennifer Urquhart
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1912658
Subject(s) - sciatica , medicine , diskectomy , conservative treatment , surgery , conservative management , lumbar , lumbar vertebrae
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 diskectomy or a conservative approach is better for sciatica that has persisted for several months.
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