Quality-of-Life Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Lumbar Discectomy using Short Form 36

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quality-of-life evaluation of patients undergoing lumbar discectomy using short form 36

conclusions lumbar discectomy improves both the physical and mental health subscale of the quality of life in patients with chronic disc herniation. results physical and mental health scores of patients significantly improved after 6 and 12 months of lumbar discectomy. the mean improvement in physical health scores was significantly higher in female patients than in male patients. however, the ...

Commentary on: Quality of Life Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Lumbar Discectomy Using Short Form 36

I have recently reviewed the interesting article by Farzanegan et al. (1), published in the 2011 issue of the Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine: “Quality of life (QOL) evaluation of patients undergoing lumbar discectomy using Short Form 36”. Lumbar discectomy improved both the physical and mental health subscales in patients’ QOL with chronic disc herniation. The mean improvement in physical hea...

Quality-of-Life Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Lumbar Discectomy Using Short Form 36

BACKGROUND Back pain is one of the most common health problems for which physicians are consulted, and it can considerably decrease the quality of life of patients during a great part of their lives. OBJECTIVES Our study was designed for assessing the improvement in the quality of life of patients undergoing lumbar discectomy for chronic low back pain. PATIENTS AND METHODS We included 148 p...