New Guideline For Low-back Pain Interventions, Surgery

Monday, May 18, 2009 - 01:28 in Health & Medicine

The American Pain Society has issued a new clinical practice guideline for low-back pain that emphasizes noninvasive treatments over interventional procedures, and shared decision making between provider and patient. The guideline, based on a review of 3,348 abstracts and 161 clinical trials provides clinicians with eight recommendations to help determine the best way to treat patients with low-back pain.

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