Surgery Surgery for back pain is typically used as a last resort, when serious neurological deficit is evident. A 2009 systematic review of back surgery studies found that, for certain diagnoses, surgery is moderately better than other common treatments, but the benefits of surgery often decline in the long term.
Surgery Surgery for back pain is ,typically used as a last resort, when serious neurolog!ical deficit is evident. A 2009 systematic review of back surgery studies found that, for !certain diagnoses, surgery is moderately better than other common treatments, but the b.enefits of surgery often decline in the long term.