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Papers: 10 Jul 2021 - 16 Jul 2021


2021 Jul 09


BMJ Open


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Interventional treatments for chronic, axial or radicular, non-cancer, spinal pain: a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials.

Authors

Wang X, Martin G, Sadeghirad B, Darzi AJ, Couban RJ, Florez ID, Crandon HN, Kum E, Chang Y, Esfahani M A, Sivananthan L, Mehrabi F, Sengupta NK, Rathod P, Morsi RZ, Buckley ND, Guyatt GH, Rampersaud RY, Standaert CJ, Agoritsas T, et al.
BMJ Open. 2021 Jul 09; 11(7):e046025.
PMID: 34244262.

Abstract

Chronic, non-cancer, axial or radicular spinal pain is a common condition associated with considerable socioeconomic burden. Clinicians frequently offer patients various interventional procedures for the treatment of chronic spine pain; however, the comparative effectiveness and safety of available procedures remains uncertain.