Back pain affects most adults, causes disability for some, and is a common reason for
seeking healthcare. In the United States, opioid prescription for low back pain has …

Non-specific low back pain has become a major public health problem worldwide. The
lifetime prevalence of low back pain is reported to be as high as 84%, and the prevalence of …

Study Design. Clinical practice guideline. Objective. To develop evidence-based
recommendations on use of interventional diagnostic tests and therapies, surgeries, and …

Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. To systematically assess benefits and harms of
surgery for nonradicular back pain with common degenerative changes, radiculopathy with …

Authored by experts of international renown, the new edition of The Biomechanics of Back
Pain forms a bridge between the latest research and the effective clinical management of …

Object The overall incidence of complications or adverse events in spinal surgery is
unknown. Both prospective and retrospective analyses have been performed, but the results …

Study Design. Systematic literature review. Objective. To categorize published evidence
systematically for lumbar fusion for chronic low back pain (LBP) in order to provide an …

Degenerative disc disease (DDD) induces chronic back pain with limited nonsurgical
options. In this open label pilot study, 26 patients (median age 40 years; range 18–61) …

Purpose Major spine surgery with multilevel instrumentation is followed by large amount of
opioid consumption, significant pain and difficult mobilization in a population of …

Object Many patients undergoing elective thoracic or lumbar fusion procedures are obese,
but the contribution of obesity to complications in spine surgery has not been defined. The …