Assessment of patient-specific surgery effect based on weighted estimation and propensity scoring in the re-analysis of the sciatica trial.

PLoS One · 2014 · PMC4213022 · PMID 25353633

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Comparisons of baseline values between treated and untreated patients at 2 years indicate significantly worse condition for RMDQ (P<0.0001), Likert score (P = 0.014) and VAS leg pain score (P = 0.011), as higher baseline scores are observed for surgically treated patients compared to non-operative and marginally significant for VAS low back pain (P = 0.12).

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