Surgical outcomes

Background: In Sweden, about 2,900 surgeries due to a lumbar disc herniation are performed yearly, and the surgical incidence is low compared to the incidence in Denmark and Norway. Surgery for lumbar disc herniation in adolescence is rare and few reports on the outcome of surge…

Objective: The goal of this study was to examine how prior psychotherapy exposure and prior education level moderate the efficacy of a brief, tailored cognitive–behavioral intervention for patients with symptoms of preoperative depression or anxiety before undergoing a trans-cat…