Consensus at last! Long-term results of all randomized controlled trials show that fusion is no better than non-operative care in improving pain and disability in chronic low back pain

Anne F Mannion; Jens-Ivar Brox; Jeremy C Fairbank

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2015.12.001

Consensus at last! Long-term results of all randomized controlled trials show that fusion is no better than non-operative care in improving pain and disability in chronic low back pain

Spine J. 2016 May;16(5):588-90. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.12.001.

Authors

Anne F Mannion¹, Jens-Ivar Brox², Jeremy C Fairbank³

Affiliations

¹ Spine Centre Division, Department of Teaching, Research and Development, Schulthess Klinik, Lengghalde 2, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland. Electronic address: anne.mannion@yahoo.com.
² Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Oslo University Hospital, Kirkeveien 166, 0424 Oslo, Norway.
³ Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7HE, UK.

PMID: 27261844
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.12.001

Abstract

Commentary On: Hedlund R, Johansson C, Hagg O, Fritzell P, Tullberg T. Swedish Lumbar Spine Study Group. The long-term outcome of lumbar fusion in the Swedish lumbar spine study. Spine J 2016;16:579-87 (in this issue).

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MeSH terms

Consensus
Humans
Low Back Pain / surgery*
Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Spinal Fusion*
Treatment Outcome