What is the place of surgery in the management of patients with low back and radicular pain?

ISRCTN	ISRCTN77124845
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN77124845
Protocol serial number	HTA 93/09/10
Sponsor	Department of Health (UK)
Funder	NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme - HTA (UK)

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Mr John Williamson
Scientific

Consultant Spinal Surgeon
Hope Hospital
Scott Lane
Salford
M6 8HD
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)161 787 4882
Email	bwilliam@fs1.ho.man.ac.uk

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title	What is the place of surgery in the management of patients with low back and radicular pain?
Study objectives	A controlled study of spinal fusion against conservative treatment for back problems.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Low back pain, sciatica
Intervention	Surgical technique vs conservative management
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Outcome will be measured using both generic and condition specific indicators.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	31/08/2002

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	All
Key inclusion criteria	Patients with low back pain and sciatica
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	01/09/1997
Date of final enrolment	31/08/2002

Consultant Spinal Surgeon

Salford
M6 8HD
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
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25/05/2016: No publications found, study status unverified