Post-treatment symptoms 'worse in slipped disk patients after six months'RSS Feed

Individuals with spinal injury lumbar disc herniation experience more severe symptoms if they have been suffering for longer prior to treatment, a new study shows.

Research published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found that patients who had symptoms for more than six months prior to treatment experienced worse symptoms than those who had experienced them for less than half a year.

It was also revealed that operative procedures were far more effective than non-surgical treatments.

However, the increased benefit of surgery over non-operative treatment was not dependent on the duration of symptoms.

"Patients who have had symptoms for longer than six months can find relief with either non-operative treatment or surgery, but they may not reap as much benefit as those who have had symptoms for six months or less," said Dr Jeffrey A Rihn.

According to NHS Choices, the success rate for surgery on the lumbar spine for a slipped disk is between 60 and 90 per cent.

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