Spinal fusion surgery for lower back pain: it's costly and there's little evidence it'll work
- Written by Gustavo Machado, NHMRC Early Career Fellow, University of Sydney
Back pain affects one-quarter of Australians.from shutterstock.com
Back pain affects one in four Australians. It’s so common, nearly all of us (about 85%) will have at least one episode at some stage of our lives. It’s one of the most common reasons to visit a GP and the main health condition forcing older Australians to retire...