Content | Data items |
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Prospective study information | Author(s) Year of publication |
Surgical procedure | Description of surgical procedure, for example, discectomy, microdiscectomy |
Mean duration of symptoms | Mean and SD in months for duration of symptoms prior to surgery |
Number of participants | N=? |
Setting | Nature of clinical setting Country |
Intervention during follow-up phase | Reported surgical, pharmacological or conservative management during follow-up phase |
Pain outcome measure | Detail of pain outcome measure |
Disability outcome measure | Detail of disability outcome measure |
Baseline | Detail of preoperative timing of baseline assessment |
Follow-up assessment points | Detail of timing of postoperative timing of follow-up assessments |
Losses to follow-up | Detail of losses to follow-up at postoperative assessment points |
Results | Mean and SD of outcomes at baseline and follow-up assessment points |