{"title":"A prospective 5-year follow-up study of 276 patients hospitalized because of suspected lumbar disc herniation.","authors":"F Nykvist, M Hurme, H Alaranta, S Einola","doi":"10.3109/03790798909166388","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study consists of 276 patients who were hospitalized between 1980 and 1982 because of suspected lumbar disc herniation. Treatment choice was based on clinical indications only; no randomization was used. A total of 179 patients were treated surgically and 97 had continued conservative treatment. Both groups were followed-up 1 and 5 years later. Five-year follow-up results showed that 68% of operated patients still had pain in sciatic distribution and 21% were retired. Re-operation frequency was 13.8%. Of non-operated patients, 82% still had sciatica and 26% were retired. Reasons for outcome differences between the study groups are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":77547,"journal":{"name":"International disability studies","volume":"11 2","pages":"61-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1989-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/03790798909166388","citationCount":"26","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International disability studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3109/03790798909166388","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 26
Abstract
The study consists of 276 patients who were hospitalized between 1980 and 1982 because of suspected lumbar disc herniation. Treatment choice was based on clinical indications only; no randomization was used. A total of 179 patients were treated surgically and 97 had continued conservative treatment. Both groups were followed-up 1 and 5 years later. Five-year follow-up results showed that 68% of operated patients still had pain in sciatic distribution and 21% were retired. Re-operation frequency was 13.8%. Of non-operated patients, 82% still had sciatica and 26% were retired. Reasons for outcome differences between the study groups are discussed.
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
京公网安备 11010802042870号
