title: Guidelines for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 7: intractable low-back pain without stenosis or spondylolisthesis.
abstract: Class I medical evidence exists in support of the use of lumbar fusion as a treatment standard for carefully selected patients with low-back pain intractable to the best medical management. There is Class III medical evidence that suggests that a course of intensive cognitive and physical therapy may be an efficacious treatment option for the treatment of patients with chronic disabling low-back pain.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA. Resnick@neurosurg.wisc.edu
authors: Daniel K
authors: DK
authors: Resnick
authors: Tanvir F
authors: TF
authors: Choudhri
authors: Andrew T
authors: AT
authors: Dailey
authors: Michael W
authors: MW
authors: Groff
authors: Larry
authors: L
authors: Khoo
authors: Paul G
authors: PG
authors: Matz
authors: Praveen
authors: P
authors: Mummaneni
authors: William C
authors: WC
authors: Watters
authors: Jeffrey
authors: J
authors: Wang
authors: Beverly C
authors: BC
authors: Walters
authors: Mark N
authors: MN
authors: Hadley
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000592:standards*; D013130:Spinal Stenosis; D013168:Spondylolisthesis