Medical Director of Rose Valley Medical Centre. This is a private GP practice in South East London . We place emphasis on preventative medicine, and screening.
and disability in people with sciatica with a surgical indication, but the benefits declined over time. Discectomy might be an option for people with sciatica who feel that the rapid relief offered by discectomy outweighs the risks and costs associated with surgery.
Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment for sciatica systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Conclusion Very low to low certainty evidence suggests that discectomy was superior to non-surgical treatment or epidural steroid injections in reducing leg pain