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SPORT Outcomes: Herniated Disc

"Surgery Vs Non-Operative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation: The Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial: A Randomized Trial" JAMA 296(20):2441-2450, 2006.

"Surgery Vs Non-Operative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation: The Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial Observational Cohort" JAMA 296(20):2451-2459, 2006.

"Surgery Vs Non-Operative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation: Four-Year Results from the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)" Spine 33(25):2789-2800, 2008.

SPORT Outcomes: Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

"Surgery Vs Non-Operative Treatment for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis" NEJM 356(22):2257-2270, 2007.

"Surgical Compared With Non-Operative Treatment for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: Four-Year Results in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial Randomized and Observational Cohorts" JBJS 91:1295-1304, 2009.

SPORT Outcomes: Spinal Stenosis

"Surgical Vs Nonsurgical Therapy for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis" NEJM 358(8):794-810, 2008.

"Surgical versus Non-Operative Treatment for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Four-Year Results of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)" Spine 35(10), 2010.

SPORT Outcomes: Cost Effectiveness Analyses

"The cost effectiveness of surgical versus nonoperative treatment for lumbar disc herniation over two years: evidence from the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)" Spine. 2008;33(19):2108-15

"Surgical treatment of spinal stenosis with and without degenerative spondylolisthesis: cost-effectiveness after 2 years" Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(12):845-53.

"Comparative effectiveness evidence from the spine patient outcomes research trial: surgical versus nonoperative care for spinal stenosis, degenerative spondylolisthesis, and intervertebral disc herniation." Spine 2011;36:2061-8.

Other SPORT Publications

SPORT is funded in part by The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (U01-AR45444-01A1) and the Office of Research on Women's Health, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Musculoskeletal Diseases is funded by NIAMS (P60-AR048094-01A1).