Lumbar Fusion Compared With Conservative Treatment in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: a Meta-analysis

* To determine the effect size of lumbar fusion measured by Oswestry Disability Index and compared with conservative treatment in patients with chronic low back pain. * Meta-analysis using fixed effect model synthesis method. * Included studies were retrieved from Medline and Cochrane CENTRAL databases since 1990.

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Key information

Conditions

Comparison Between Effectiveness of Lumbar Fusion and Conservative Treatment

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

controlled randomized or non-randomized studies

Exclusion criteria

not specified

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Oswestry Disability Index

Time frame: 2 years

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Turku University Hospital

Other Gov

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2012
Primary completion: 2013
First posted: Jan 30, 2013
Registry last updated: Nov 28, 2013

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