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Practice Guideline Guideline
Guidelines for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 7: intractable low-back pain without stenosis or spondylolisthesis.
- Daniel K Resnick, Tanvir F Choudhri, Andrew T Dailey, Michael W Groff, Larry Khoo, Paul G Matz, Praveen Mummaneni, William C Watters, Jeffrey Wang, Beverly C Walters, Mark N Hadley, and American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA. Resnick@neurosurg.wisc.edu
- J Neurosurg Spine. 2005 Jun 1;2(6):670-2.
AbstractClass I medical evidence exists in support of the use of lumbar fusion as a treatment standard for carefully selected patients with low-back pain intractable to the best medical management. There is Class III medical evidence that suggests that a course of intensive cognitive and physical therapy may be an efficacious treatment option for the treatment of patients with chronic disabling low-back pain.
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