[PDF][PDF] The role of spinal surgery in the treatment of low back pain.

L Evans, T O'Donohoe, A Morokoff… - Medical Journal of …, 2023 - mja.com.au
Low back pain (LBP) is common and a leading cause of disability and lost productivity
worldwide.• Acute LBP is frequently self-resolving, but recurrence is common, and a …

[HTML][HTML] The Lancet Series call to action to reduce low value care for low back pain: an update

R Buchbinder, M Underwood, J Hartvigsen, CG Maher - Pain, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The 2018 Lancet Low Back Pain Series, comprising 3 papers written by 31 authors from
disparate disciplines and 12 different countries, raised unprecedented awareness of the …

The application of mesenchymal stromal cells and their homing capabilities to regenerate the intervertebral disc

AS Croft, S Illien-Jünger, S Grad, J Guerrero… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chronic low back pain (LBP) remains a challenging condition to treat, and especially to cure.
If conservative treatment approaches fail, the current “gold standard” for intervertebral disc …

[HTML][HTML] Care for low back pain: can health systems deliver?

AC Traeger, R Buchbinder, AG Elshaug… - Bulletin of the World …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Low back pain is the leading cause of years lived with disability globally. In 2018, an
international working group called on the World Health Organization to increase attention on …

Deep learning based vertebral body segmentation with extraction of spinal measurements and disorder disease classification

RF Masood, IA Taj, MB Khan, MA Qureshi… - … Signal Processing and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Assessment of medical images and diagnostic decision making of lumbar associated
diseases by clinicians is invariably subjective, time consuming and challenging task …

The role of the social determinants of health in outcomes of surgery for low back pain: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

ZL Yap, SJ Summers, AR Grant, GL Moseley… - The Spine Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT Low back pain is a major cause of morbidity and disability
worldwide and is responsible for vast societal impact. Rates of surgical intervention for …

[HTML][HTML] Musculoskeletal healthcare: Have we over‐egged the pudding?

CG Maher, M O'Keeffe, R Buchbinder… - International journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The phrase “to over-egg the pudding” is a terrific analogy for what is now increasingly
common in health care: medical overuse. Cooks would know that if you skimp with the eggs …

More than 1 in 3 patients with chronic low back pain continue to use opioids long-term after spinal fusion: a systematic review

ML Vraa, CA Myers, JL Young… - The Clinical Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objective: A common expectation for patients after elective spine surgery is that the
procedure will result in pain reduction and minimize the need for pain medication. Most …

Person-centred education and advice for people with low back pain: Making the best of what we know

ET O'Hagan, AG Cashin, AC Traeger… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The first-line treatment consistently recommended for people with low back pain
is patient education and advice. Regardless of the duration of low back pain, clinicians …

Spinal fusion of biodegradable poly (propylene fumarate) and poly (propylene fumarate-co-caprolactone) copolymers in rabbits

H Xu, H Liao, X Liu, AL Miller II, BD Elder, L Lu - Journal of Orthopaedics, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Autologous bone grafts are currently the standard in orthopedic surgery despite
limited donor sources and the prevalence of donor site morbidity. Other alternatives such as …