Return to work rate and long-term effectiveness of delayed versus early surgery for back pain and sciatica in Russian Railways employees: a single-center retrospective study
In this single-center study involving railway workers with lumbar degenerative back pain and sciatica, early surgery was superior to delayed surgery in terms of pain intensity, functional status, quality of life, return-to-work rate, and reoperation rate at the long-term follow-up. Further prospective studies with larger sample sizes are required to clarify this association.
Authors
- А. В. Щербатых
- Vadim A. Byvaltsev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4349-7101)
- Yermek K. Dyussembekov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5245-0797)
- E E Satardinova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1850-6769)
- А. А. Калинин (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6059-4344)
- K. Daniel Riew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2083-9375)
- Marat A. Aliyev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3190-2395)
- Ravshan M. Yuldashev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7165-5373)
- Yu. Ya. Pestryakov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7076-571X)
Institutions
- Kazakh National Medical University (KZ)
- Cornell University (US)
- Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan (UZ)
- Irkutsk Regional Clinical Hospital (RU)
- Kazakhstan Medical University (KZ)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
- Irkutsk State Medical University (RU)
- Kazakhstan-Russian Medical University
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Asian Spine Journal
- Published
- 2025-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.31616/asj.2025.0132
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00