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Chronic LBP: No difference between lumbar fusion or cognitive intervention and exercises
May 2013
Chronic LBP: No difference between lumbar fusion or cognitive intervention and exercises
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A
No difference in 9-year outcome in CLBP patients randomized to lumbar fusion versus cognitive intervention and exercises
Eur Spine J. 2012 Dec;21(12):2531-8. doi: 10.1007/s00586-012-2382-0. Epub 2012 Jun 6Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here
Synopsis
This study compared the 9-year outcome of 124 patients that were randomized to two different treatments. Patients with chronic low back pain received either instrumented lumbar fusion (one-third of these patients were re-operated) or cognitive intervention and exercises (one-third of these patients had been crossed over and operated). At the 9-year follow-up, no significant differences were produc...
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