Indiana Spine Group

At the annual American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting one podium presentation discussed “if the length of a person’s back pain/symptoms affects the outcome of treatment”.  

This was researched in respect to lumbar disc herniation. The purpose of the study was to determine if the duration of symptoms (DOS) affects outcomes following the treatment of intervertebral lumbar disc herniation (IDH).  This was evaluated for both operative and nonoperative spine treatments. 

Patients were evaluated with back pain / symptoms who sought care with less than six-months of symptoms, and those that had greater than six-months of symptoms. The study did conclude that treatment results were more favorable for both surgical and nonoperative treatments when patients sought treatment sooner for IDH. 

To read the poster presentation of this study, visit this link.