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Lumbar disc herniation—to operate or not to operate?

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boxed-textWeinstein JN et al. (2006) Surgical vs nonoperative treatment for lumbar disk herniation: the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT): a randomized trial. JAMA 296: 2441–2450

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Ziya L Gokaslan has declared associations with the following companies/organizations: AO North America (board member, fellowship support), Spinal Kinetics (stock shareholder/owner, medical advisory board member), Synthes Spine (research support, grants) and US Spine (stock shareholder, medical advisory board member).

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