Evidence based case report: Sciatica: which intervention?
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Evidence-based prognostication in a case of sciatica.
OBJECTIVE To present an evidence-based case report on the prognosis of a patient with sciatica. CASE A 43-year-old man presented with right-sided buttock and lower extremity pain and numbness of 10 weeks' duration. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a lumbosacral disc herniation. Straight leg raise testing provoked the patient's right sciatic pain, and neurologic examination revealed a dimin...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7205.302