Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment of selected patients with discogenic low back pain: a small-sized randomized trial.
Seiji Ohtori, MD, PhD, Takana Koshi, MD, PhD, Masaomi Yamashita, MD, Kazuyo Yamauchi, MD, Gen Inoue, MD, PhD, Munetaka Suzuki, MD, Sumihisa Orita, MD, Yawara Eguchi, MD, PhD, Nobuyasu Ochiai, MD, PhD, Shunji Kishida, MD, PhD, Masashi Takaso, MD, PhD, Kazuki Kuniyoshi, MD, PhD, Yasuchika Aoki, MD, PhD, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, MD, Gen Arai, MD, Masayuki Miyagi, MD, Hiroto Kamoda, MD, Miyako Suzuki, MD, Junichi Nakamura, MD, PhD, Tomoaki Toyone, MD, PhD, and Kazuhisa Takahashi, MD, PhD