Back Dominant Pain Has Equal Outcomes to Radicular Dominant Pain Following Posterior Lumbar Fusion in Adult Isthmic Spondylolisthesis: A CSORN Study.
Nabeel AlnaghmooshJennifer C UrquhartRuheksh RajEdward AbrahamBradley JacobsPhilippe PhanMichael JohnsonJerome PaquetAndrew NatarajHamilton HallCharles G FisherY Raja RampersaudNeil MansonHamilton HallParham RasoulinejadChristopher S BaileyPublished in: Global spine journal (2021)
Our study found no difference in outcome, irrespective of whether a surgeon determines the patient's primary pain complaint back or radicular dominant, or the patient rates pain in one location greater than another.