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Thursday, Jan 28
Surgeons Less Likely than Family Doctors to Prefer Back Surgery
Surgeons are less likely than family physicians or patients to view surgery as the preferred treatment option for low back pain, according to a study in the January 1 issue of Spine.
Wednesday, Dec 30
Guideline: Widely Used Device for Pain Therapy Not Recommended for Chronic Low-Back Pain
A new guideline issued by the American Academy of Neurology finds that transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS), a widely used pain therapy involving a portable device, is not recommended to treat chronic low-back painpain that has persisted for three months or longerbec...
Monday, Nov 23
Minimally Invasive Surgery Corrects Scoliosis And Relieves Retired Teacher's Chronic Pain
Relief from decades of low back pain gives Carole Riggs even more to celebrate during the holidays - Riggs, a retired teacher and school principal, points to her work during one Christmas vacation - bending, twisting and sitting on the floor to create games and teaching aids - as the prima...
Wednesday, May 13
APS Issues New Guideline for Low Back Pain Interventions, Surgery - Newswise
For diagnosis, the first APS low-back pain guideline advises clinicians to minimize routine use of X-rays or other diagnostic tests except for patients known or believed to have underlying neurological or spinal disorders. Based in Glenview, Ill., ...
Tuesday, Mar 31
Pain Meds Are Most Common Cause of Death after Spinal Fusion Surgery: Middle-Aged Men with Disk Degeneration at ...
Pain medications are involved in more than 20 percent of deaths occurring in the years after spinal fusion surgery for low back pain, reports a study in the April 1 issue of Spine.
Back Pain Treatment Needs to Catch Up with Evidence: Exercise and ... - Newswise
As in previous studies of back pain, many patients had symptoms of depression. However, few of these patients were taking antidepressant medications or seeing a mental health professional. "Chronic low back pain is disabling, expensive, and becoming ...
