title: The surgical treatment of disc degeneration: is the race not to the swift?
authors.forename: Eugene J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Carragee
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome