M-A | Surgical versus non-surgical treatment for sciatica

Surgical versus non-surgical treatment for sciatica: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials – The BMJ

Editorial: Early surgery for sciatica – The BMJ

News Release: Surgery for sciatica reduces leg pain and disability, but benefits are short-lived – University of Oxford

Commentary on Twitter

Very low to low certainty evidence suggests that discectomy was superior to non-surgical treatment or epidural steroid injections in reducing leg pain and disability in people with sciatica with a surgical indication, but the benefits reduced over timehttps://t.co/kHL2HBNscF

— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) April 19, 2023