title: Avoid surgery as first line treatment for non-specific low back pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Centre, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, Netherlands Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Centre Haaglanden, PO Box 432, 2501 CK The Hague, Netherlands w.c.peul@lumc.nl.
authors.forename: Wilco C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Peul
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Humanities, Julius Centre, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Annelien L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bredenoord
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Centre, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Wilco C H
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic