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Randomized study indicates that patients with herniated disk improved with or without surgery
11-21-2006 · EurekAlert!Patients with lumbar disk herniation who had surgery or nonoperative treatments showed similar levels of improvement in the reduction of pain over a 2-year period, according to a randomized trial in the Nov. 22/29 issue of JAMA. In all cases, patients who had surgery did slightly better.
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