Outcome Evaluation of Surgical and Nonsurgical Management of Lumbar Disc Protrusion Causing Radiculopathy

Abstract

HRQOL after LDPR, as measured in this study by NASS NSS, demonstrated similar improvement in both groups and was not meaningfully associated with the treatment received, within the timeframe of this study. At follow-up, all outcome measures remained lower than population normative scores, suggesting that, irrespective of treatment, an element of disability remained.