Does Lumbar Surgery (Discectomy) Has Any Long-Term Benefits Over Conservative Care?
14/07/22
NO!!! according to this research from "The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery": December 1, 2021.
Surgery might provide faster pain relief, with improved scores, at earlier time points. However, in almost all studies, those differences decrease with time and vanish after 1 or 2 years. The choice to undertake surgery should not be taken lightly, because surgery entails risks.
https://journals.lww.com/jbjsjournal/fulltext/2021/12010/treatment_for_chronic_sciatica__do_we_have_new.15.aspx
Surgery might provide faster pain relief, with improved scores, at earlier time points. However, in almost all studies, those differences decrease with time and vanish after 1 or 2 years. The choice to undertake surgery should not be taken lightly, because surgery entails risks.
https://journals.lww.com/jbjsjournal/fulltext/2021/12010/treatment_for_chronic_sciatica__do_we_have_new.15.aspx