Surgical versus conservative treatment for lumbar disc herniation: a prospective cohort study

Marinella Gugliotta; Bruno R da Costa; Essam Dabis; Robert Theiler; Peter Jüni; Stephan Reichenbach; Hans Landolt; Paul Hasler

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012938

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Surgical versus conservative treatment for lumbar disc herniation: a prospective cohort study

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Marinella Gugliotta Department of Neurosurgery, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bruno R da Costa Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Essam Dabis Department of Rheumatology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robert Theiler Department of Rheumatology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland Department of Rheumatology, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter Jüni Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephan Reichenbach Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Department of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hans Landolt Department of Neurosurgery, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Paul Hasler Department of Rheumatology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Paul Hasler; paul.hasler{at}ksa.ch

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Gugliotta M, da Costa BR, Dabis E, et al

Surgical versus conservative treatment for lumbar disc herniation: a prospective cohort study

BMJ Open 2016;6:e012938. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012938

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Received June 9, 2016
Revised September 27, 2016
Accepted September 30, 2016
First published December 21, 2016.

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December 21, 2016

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