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Back to normal: Surgery improves outcomes for spine patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

People with the spine disease called degenerative spondylolisthesis* -- who choose surgical treatment -- experience substantially greater relief from pain over time compared to those who do not have surgery, according to ...





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Study shows surgery is more effective than other treatments for common back problem

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 28, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

When it comes to low back pain, physicians generally advise exhausting nonsurgical options before resorting to surgery. But a new study shows that for degenerative spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis, surgery provides ...


Study investigates the cost effectiveness of spinal surgery

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created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Back pain affects more than 80 percent of people and costs more than $100 billion annually in the U.S. But is the surgery cost effective? A study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center suggests that for patients ...



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