Lagerbäck, Tobias; Fritzell, Peter; Hägg, Olle; Nordvall, Dennis; Lønne, Greger; Solberg, Tore; Andersen, Mikkel Ø.; Eiskjær, Søren; Gehrchen, Martin; Jacobs, Wilco C.; van Hooff, Miranda L.; Gerdhem, Paul (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-29)
Purpose Yearly incidence of surgery for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation varies and is 29/100,000 in Sweden, 46/100,000
in Denmark and 58/100,000 in Norway. This variation was used to study whether diferences in surgical incidence were
associated with diferences in preoperative patient characteristics as well as patient-reported outcomes.<p>
Methods Data from the national spine registers in ...