Predicting conservative treatment failure in patients with lumbar disc herniation. Single center, case-control study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify independent predictors of conservative treatment failure in patients presenting due to lumbar disc herniation-associated low back pain and sciatica.

Patients And Methods: This is a single institution, case-control study including 240 patients that were selected for microsurgical or conservative treatment due to lumbar disc herniation in a 2,5-year period. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed in order to identify independent predictors among demographic, clinical and radiographic factors.