Surgeons preference for lumbar disk surgery: a discrete choice experiment.
Pravesh Shankar GadjradjBiswadjiet S HarhangiMaurits W van TulderWilco C PeulEsther W de Bekker-GrobPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2021)
In the context of this discrete choice experiment, it is shown that neurosurgeons consider the risk of complications as most important when a surgical technique is offered to treat sciatica, while the risk of recurrent disk herniation and effectiveness are also important factors. Neurosurgeons were prepared to trade off substantial amounts of effectiveness to achieve lower complication rates.