Back pain is also improved by lumbar disc herniation surgery
Background and purpose — Indication for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) surgery is usually to relieve sciatica. We evaluated whether back pain also decreases after LDH surgery. Patients and methods — In the Swedish register for spinal surgery (SweSpine) we identified 14,097 patients aged 20–64 years, with pre- and postoperative data, who in 2000–2016 had LDH surgery. We calculated 1-year improvement