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Clinical and Scientific Meeting – Wednesday 1 March 2017

Clinical and Scientific Meeting – Wednesday 1 March 2017

The first multidisciplinary meeting of the year took place on Wednesday 1 March 2017.

Title: “Something for Everyone” (Journal Club)

Presenter: A/Prof. James van Gelder

Scientific articles presented and discussed:

    • Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment of chronic low back pain: A meta-analysis based on current evidence 
    • Central sensitization in chronic low back pain: A narrative review 
    • Percutaneous Vertebroplasty versus Conservative Treatment in Aged Patients with Acute Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Clinical Study
    • Return to Play in Elite Athletes after Lumbar Microdiscectomy: a Meta-analysis 
    • Laminoplasty versus laminectomy and fusion for multilevel cervical compressive myelopathy: a meta-analysis 
    • Systematic Literature Review of Imaging Features of Spinal Degeneration in Asymptomatic Populations 
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