Response rate does not affect patient-reported outcome after lumbar discectomy.

P ElkanT LagerbäckH MöllerLovisa Gerdhem

Published 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 (2018)

Higher response rates than seen in Swespine are not needed to achieve reasonably representative data on patient-reported outcome for large cohorts. Two-year data do not seem to add additional information. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.

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