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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.
"Surgical versus Non-Operative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation:
Eight-year Results for the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)" Spine 39(1):3-16, 2014.
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.