Does the duration of symptoms affect outcomes in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation?
Podium No: 061 Wednesday, March 10, 2010 08:00 AM – 08:06 AM Location: Morial Convention Center Room 265 Jeffrey Rihn, MD Philadelphia PA Alan S Hilibrand, MD Philadelphia PA Emily Blood, MS Boston MA Mark F Kurd, MD Gladwyne PA D Greg Anderson, MD Moorestown NJ Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD Philadelphia PA Todd J Albert, MD Philadelphia PA James N Weinstein, DO, MS Lebanon NH Moderator(s): Paul Saiz, MD Las Cruces NM Eeric Truumees, MD Royal Oak MI We studied the affect of symptom duration on the outcome of treating lumbar disc herniation. Longer symptom duration was related to worse outcomes after operative and nonoperative treatment. The purpose of this study is to determine if duration of symptoms (DOS) affects outcomes following the treatment of intervertebral lumbar disc herniation (IDH). An as-treated analysis was performed on patients enrolled in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) for the treatment of IDH.
