Chronic LBP Surgery "Ineffective" (Copy)

Medical Journal of Australia:

"Chronic LBP should be managed with a holistic biopsychosocial approach of generally non-surgical measures. Spinal surgery has a role in alleviating radicular pain and disability resulting from neural compression, or where back pain relates to cancer, infection, or gross instability. Spinal surgery for all other forms of back pain is unsupported by clinical data, and the broader evidence base for spinal surgery in the management of LBP is poor and suggests it is ineffective."

Evans L, O’Donohoe T, Morokoff A, Drummond K. The role of spinal surgery in the treatment of low back pain. Medical Journal of Australia. 2022 Dec 12. Link