Back Surgery WisdomCard™

  1. Mayo Clinic: Back Surgery: When Is It A Good Idea? | Spinal Fusion mayoclinic.com - Spinal Fusion
  2. Spine-Health: Back Surgery And Neck Surgery spine-health.com - Back Surgery And Neck Surgery
  3. False Creek Surgical Center: Back Surgery nationalsurgery.com - Back Surgery
  4. WebMD: Surgery Often Won't Cure Back Pain (Feb. 25, 2005)webmd.com - Surgery Often Won't Cure Back Pain
  5. eMedTV: Back Surgery back-pain.emedtv.com - Back Surgery
  6. ABC News: Back Surgery Not Always The Cure For Pain (May 23, 2006)abcnews.go.com - Back Surgery Not Always The Cure For Pain
  7. Wikipedia: Failed Back Syndrome en.wikipedia.org - Failed Back Syndrome
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Research Notes on Back Surgery


Although back pain is extremely common, surgery is rarely effective in treating it.1 Back surgery is typically only used in situations in which there is a pinched nerve, a compression of the spinal cord, or if there is too much movement between the spinal bones.1 Some physicians will suggest back surgery if there are symptoms of nerve damage.1

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mayo Clinic: Back Surgery: When it is a Good Idea?
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 eMedTV: Back Surgery

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