Early Surgery for Sciatics, Does New Evidence Challenge a Stepped Care Approach for all Patients?
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Surgery Versus Conservative Care for Persistent Sciatica Lasting 4 to 12 Months
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Management of Sciatica
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Sciatica
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Avoid Surgery as First Line Treatment for Non-Specific Low Back Pain
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Prolonged Conservative Care Versus Early Surgery in Patients With sciatica Caused by Lumbar Disc Herniation: Two Year Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial
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Surgery versus Prolonged Conservative Treatment for Sciatica
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Back Surgery -- Who Needs It?
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Sciata
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Surgical vs Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation: The Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) Observational Cohort.
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Low Back Pain
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Sciatica:Which Intervention?
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A 45-Year-Old Man with Low Back Pain and a Numb Left Foot
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Epidural Corticosteroid Injections for Sciatica Due to Herniated Nucleus Pulposus
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Surgery for Patients with Central Protruded Lumbar Discs Who Have Failed Conservative Therapy
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Back Pain & Sciatica
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