Lumbar Fusion Compared With Conservative Treatment in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: a Meta-analysis

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01780194

Enrollment

666

Registered

2013-01-30

Start date

2012-12-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2013-11-28

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Conditions

Comparison Between Effectiveness of Lumbar Fusion and Conservative Treatment

Brief summary

* To determine the effect size of lumbar fusion measured by Oswestry Disability Index and compared with conservative treatment in patients with chronic low back pain. * Meta-analysis using fixed effect model synthesis method. * Included studies were retrieved from Medline and Cochrane CENTRAL databases since 1990.

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* controlled randomized or non-randomized studies

Exclusion criteria

* not specified

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Oswestry Disability Index	2 years

Outcome results