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When Does the Patient with a Disc Herniation Undergo Lumbosacral Discectomy?
JNNP 68:75-79, Vroomen,P.C.A.J.,et al, 2000
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Article Abstract
Given the requirement of a high specificity, eventual operation could be adequately predicted in a sample of 183 patients with clinical nerve root compression. The application of the model in patients with nerve root compression might lead to earlier operation in a subset of patients resulting in a reduction of duration of illness and associated indirect costs. An important prerequisite for future application would be the validation of the prediction rule in another population.
 
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