Pain Recurrence After Discectomy for Symptomatic Lumbar Disc Herniation.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Secondary analysis of data from a concurrent randomized trial and cohort study.

Objective

The aim of this study was to determine risks and predictors of recurrent pain following standard open discectomy for subacute/chronic symptomatic lumbar disc herniation (SLDH).

Summary of background data

Most previous studies of recurrence after discectomy do not explicitly define pain resolution and recurrence, and do not account for variable durations of time at risk for recurrence.

Methods

We used survival analysis methods to examine predictors of leg pain recurrence. For individuals with initial resolution of leg pain, we defined recurrent leg pain as having leg pain, receiving lumbar epidural steroid injections, or undergoing lumbar surgery subsequent to

SUBMITTER: Suri P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5332353 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature