title: Decision-making in low back surgery.
abstract: The author was the 1986 Sir Robert Jones Lecturer of the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute. This article is a slightly edited version of the speech he delivered in that capacity on October 24, 1986, at the Annual Scientific Program of the Alumni Association.
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001416:Back Pain / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*