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Effectiveness of interspinous implant surgery in patients with intermittent neurogenic claudication: a systematic review and meta-analysisWouter A Moojen
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
Eur Spine J 20:1596-606. 2011..The main objective of this review was to perform a meta-analysis of all systematic reviews, randomized clinical trials and prospective cohort series to quantify the effectiveness of IPDs and to evaluate the potential side-effects...- Back complaints in the elders (BACE); design of cohort studies in primary care: an international consortiumJantine Scheele
Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 12:193. 2011..The aim of this study is to assess the course of back complaints and identify prognostic factors for the transition from acute back complaints to chronic back complaints in older people who visit a primary health care physician... - Design of the Verbiest trial: cost-effectiveness of surgery versus prolonged conservative treatment in patients with lumbar stenosisGijsbert M Overdevest
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, Leiden, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 12:57. 2011..We present the design of a randomized controlled trial on (cost-) effectiveness of surgical decompression versus prolonged conservative treatment in patients with neurogenic intermittent claudication caused by lumbar stenosis... - Conservative treatment in patients with an acute lumbosacral radicular syndrome: design of a randomised clinical trial [ISRCTN68857256]Pim A J Luijsterburg
General Practice, University Medical Center Rotterdam Erasmus MC, PO Box 1736, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 5:39. 2004.... - The Felix-trial. Double-blind randomization of interspinous implant or bony decompression for treatment of spinal stenosis related intermittent neurogenic claudicationWouter A Moojen
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 11:100. 2010..This protocol describes the design of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) on (cost-) effectiveness of the use of interspinous process implants versus conventional decompression surgery in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis... - The NEtherlands Cervical Kinematics (NECK) trial. Cost-effectiveness of anterior cervical discectomy with or without interbody fusion and arthroplasty in the treatment of cervical disc herniation; a double-blind randomised multicenter studyMark P Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center Haaglanden, The Hague, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 11:122. 2010..We present the design of the NECK trial, a randomised study on cost-effectiveness of anterior cervical discectomy with or without interbody fusion and arthroplasty in patients with cervical disc herniation... - Effectiveness of percutaneous laser disc decompression versus conventional open discectomy in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation; design of a prospective randomized controlled trialPatrick A Brouwer
Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 10:49. 2009..We present the design of a randomized controlled trial, studying the cost-effectiveness of PLDD versus conventional open discectomy in patients with sciatica from lumbar disc herniation... - Rationale and design of The Delphi Trial--I(RCT)2: international randomized clinical trial of rheumatoid craniocervical treatment, an intervention-prognostic trial comparing 'early' surgery with conservative treatment [ISRCTN65076841]Jasper F C Wolfs
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 7:14. 2006..If signs and symptoms of myelopathy are present there is little chance of recovery to normal levels after surgery... - Cost-effectiveness of decompression according to Gill versus instrumented spondylodesis in the treatment of sciatica due to low grade spondylolytic spondylolisthesis: a prospective randomised controlled trial [NTR1300]Mark P Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 9:128. 2008..A comparative cost-effectiveness study has not been performed yet. We present the design of a randomised controlled trial on cost-effectiveness of decompression according to Gill versus instrumented spondylodesis... - Prolonged conservative treatment or 'early' surgery in sciatica caused by a lumbar disc herniation: rationale and design of a randomized trial [ISRCT 26872154]Wilco C Peul
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 6:8. 2005..The design of a randomized multicenter trial is presented on the effectiveness of a prolonged conservative treatment strategy compared with surgery in patients with persisting intense sciatica (lumbosacral radicular syndrome)... - Timing of surgery for sciatica: subgroup analysis alongside a randomized trialWilco C Peul
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
Eur Spine J 18:538-45. 2009.... - Prolonged conservative care versus early surgery in patients with sciatica caused by lumbar disc herniation: two year results of a randomised controlled trialWilco C Peul
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Centre, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, Netherlands
BMJ 336:1355-8. 2008..To evaluate the effects of early lumbar disc surgery compared with prolonged conservative care for patients with sciatica over two years of follow-up... 
Improving prediction of "inevitable" surgery during non-surgical treatment of sciaticaWilco C Peul
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center Medical Center Haaglanden, Albinusdreef 2, P O Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
Pain 138:571-6. 2008..The individual surgical decision process is facilitated by the use of pain and disability scales complemented by patient preferences...- Influence of gender and other prognostic factors on outcome of sciaticaWilco C Peul
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
Pain 138:180-91. 2008..3 (95% CI 1.7-6.3) compared to males. Besides a slower recovery rate, female gender was a strong predictor of unsatisfactory outcome at one year for patients with sciatica... 
Surgery versus prolonged conservative treatment for sciaticaWilco C Peul
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
N Engl J Med 356:2245-56. 2007..Lumbar-disk surgery often is performed in patients who have sciatica that does not resolve within 6 weeks, but the optimal timing of surgery is not known...- [Early surgery or a wait-and-see policy in lumbosacral radicular syndrome: a randomized study]W C Peul
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 151:2512-23. 2007..To compare early surgery with expectative policy and later surgery if necessary in patients with sciatica that did not resolve within 6 weeks... - Percutaneous laser disk decompression: a review of the literatureB Schenk
Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 27:232-5. 2006 - Management of sciatica due to lumbar disc herniation in the Netherlands: a survey among spine surgeonsMark P Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
J Neurosurg Spine 9:32-9. 2008..The authors conducted a descriptive survey among spine surgeons in the Netherlands to obtain an overview of routine management of lumbar disc herniation... - Observer variation in MRI evaluation of patients suspected of lumbar disk herniationJeroen C van Rijn
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105AZ, The Netherlands
AJR Am J Roentgenol 184:299-303. 2005..Knowledge of clinical information does not influence the detection of herniations but lowers the threshold for reporting bulging disks... - Prolonged conservative care versus early surgery in patients with sciatica from lumbar disc herniation: cost utility analysis alongside a randomised controlled trialWilbert B Van Den Hout
Department of Medical Decision Making, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300RC Leiden, Netherlands
BMJ 336:1351-4. 2008..To determine whether the faster recovery after early surgery for sciatica compared with prolonged conservative care is attained at reasonable costs... - Physical therapy plus general practitioners' care versus general practitioners' care alone for sciatica: a randomised clinical trial with a 12-month follow-upPim A J Luijsterburg
Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Eur Spine J 17:509-17. 2008..There are indications that PT is especially effective regarding GPE in patients reporting severe disability at presentation... - Cost-effectiveness of microendoscopic discectomy versus conventional open discectomy in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation: a prospective randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN51857546]Mark P Arts
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 7:42. 2006..We present the design of a randomised controlled trial on cost-effectiveness of microendoscopic discectomy versus conventional open discectomy in patients with lumbar disc herniation... - Long-term outcome after anterior cervical discectomy without fusionRishi D S Nandoe Tewarie
University Medical Center Nijmegen, Neurosurgery, R Postlaan 4, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Eur Spine J 16:1411-6. 2007..The increase in complaints at the time of the survey may be the result of ongoing degenerative effects. Compared to published data on ACDF, there is no superiority of any fusion technique compared to ACD alone... - AchondroplasiaRalph T W M Thomeer
J Neurosurg Pediatrics 2:95; author reply 95-6. 2008 - Effectiveness of conservative treatments for the lumbosacral radicular syndrome: a systematic reviewPim A J Luijsterburg
Erasmus MC, General Practice, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Eur Spine J 16:881-99. 2007..At present there is no evidence that one type of treatment is clearly superior to others, including no treatment, for patients with a lumbosacral radicular syndrome... - Mini-thoracotomy or thoracoscopic treatment for medially located thoracic herniated disc?Ronald H M A Bartels
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Neurosurgery, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 32:E581-4. 2007..A retrospective cohort study... - Cost-effectiveness of physical therapy and general practitioner care for sciaticaPim A J Luijsterburg
Department of General Practice, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 32:1942-8. 2007..A total of 135 patients were randomly allocated to physical therapy added to general practitioners' care (n = 67) or to general practitioners' care alone (n = 68)...