Guideline summary review: an evidence-based clinical guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain.

Background Context: The North American Spine Society's (NASS) Evidence Based Clinical Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain features evidence-based recommendations for diagnosing and treating adult patients with nonspecific low back pain. The guideline is intended to reflect contemporary treatment concepts for nonspecific low back pain as reflected in the highest quality clinical literature available on this subject as of February 2016.

Purpose: The purpose of the guideline is to provide an evidence-based educational tool to assist spine specialists when making clinical decisions for adult patients with nonspecific low back pain.

An evidence-based clinical guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy.

Background Context: The objective of the North American Spine Society's (NASS) Evidence-Based Clinical Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation with Radiculopathy is to provide evidence-based recommendations to address key clinical questions surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy. The guideline is intended to reflect contemporary treatment concepts for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy as reflected in the highest quality clinical literature available on this subject as of July 2011. The goals of the guideline recommendations are to assist in delivering optimum efficacious treatment and functional recovery from this spinal disorder.

The history of neurosurgery at Temple University.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY'S NEUROSURGERY program has had a colorful and distinguished history since its creation in 1929. It has always functioned under challenging circumstances with limited resources but with a strong sense of mission. It was one of the 20 neurosurgical training programs in existence when the American Board of Neurosurgery was founded in 1940.