This is a recent cover story by MSNBC on a new study showing that patients who had spinal fusion were less likely to return to work and needed more opiates (narcotics).
This is another study confirming what we have been seeing in the literature...that surgery can be beneficial for helping sciatica leg pain, but is much less likely to help patients whose main symptoms are in the low back.
Back surgery may backfire on patients in pain
Santolin Chiropractic Clinic
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