Dr Oitment's Spine Research LaboratoryScarborough Health Network · University of Toronto
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Patient Satisfaction After Lumbar Microdiscectomy: A Systematic Review

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Key finding

About 1 in 5 patients are not satisfied after lumbar microdiscectomy — far more than the 80–90% success rate typically quoted — and dissatisfaction persists years after surgery, even when pain improves.

Surgeons should counsel patients on under-recognized risk factors — long symptom duration, back-dominant pain, and workers' compensation status — that strongly predict dissatisfaction beyond pain relief alone.

Shown by Austin Bermudez-Hiu

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