Conclusion: National Football League linemen have high return-to-play rates after lumbar diskectomy.
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Interventions: Standard open diskectomy vs nonoperative treatment individualized to the patient.
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Objective: To compare the treatment effects of diskectomy and usual care.
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Interventions: Standard open diskectomy vs usual nonoperative care.
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Purpose: To evaluate the ability of a National Football League lineman to return to play after lumbar diskectomy.
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Objective: A meta-analysis was performed to evaluate whether a beneficial clinical effect of cervical disk prostheses over conventional cervical diskectomy with fusion exists.