title: A lumbar disc surgery predictive score card. A retrospective evaluation.
abstract: This report assessed the relationship between patient selection and the outcome of lumbar disc surgery. Patient selecting is assessed by means of a predictive scoring technique previously reported. Because of the dynamic and ever-changing status of the lumbar spine with the passage of time, patient selectivity seems to be less critical after 5 years. For the first 5 years, however, the outcome of lumbar disc surgery seems to be directly related to patient selectivity.
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000601:surgery*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies