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Early surgery vs prolonged conservative treatment for sciatica patients with motor deficit
November 2014
Early surgery vs prolonged conservative treatment for sciatica patients with motor deficit
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A
Recovery of motor deficit accompanying sciatica-subgroup analysis of a randomized controlled trial
Spine J. 2014 Sep 1;14(9):1817-24.Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here
Synopsis
150 patients with 6-12 weeks of sciatica due to a lumbar disc herniation and moderate to severe motor deficit were randomly allocated to undergo early surgery or prolonged conservative treatment. This subgroup analysis of a previously published randomized controlled trial aimed to compare motor deficit recovery between groups. Patients allocated to early surgery recovered more rapidly than patient...
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