Consensus summary on the diagnosis and treatment of lumbar disc herniation

G. B.J. Andersson; M. O. Brown; J. Dvorak; R. J. Herzog; P. Kambin; A. Malter; J. A. McCulloch; J. A. Saal; K. F. Spratt; James Neil Weinstein

doi:10.1097/00007632-199612151-00009

Consensus summary on the diagnosis and treatment of lumbar disc herniation

G. B.J. Andersson, M. O. Brown, J. Dvorak, R. J. Herzog, P. Kambin, A. Malter, J. A. McCulloch, J. A. Saal, K. F. Spratt, James Neil Weinstein

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Abstract

Clinicians must not simply decide that a patient with symptoms and a positive diagnostic test has a reason for a specific treatment, and likewise clinicians must not decide that a patient with symptoms and a negative test does not have a clinically important problem. We must also consider the sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of the diagnostic test and the individual characteristics of the patient. Treatment outcome depends on many factors. Point of service decisions vs population based decisions are obviously different. Each patient presents to the treating practitioner on a given day, at a given time, and it is this picture upon which a plan of care is formulated.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	75S-78S
Journal	Spine
Volume	21
Issue number	24 SUPPL.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-199612151-00009
State	Published - 1996

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