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Table 1.

Papers Comparing Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Treatment

Thomé et al 2008⁴	Review article	Surgical superior to nonsurgical Surgery indicated after 3 months of conservative treatment If adequate decompression microsurgical techniques equal to open laminectomy
SPORT study group 2008⁵	Randomized observational study	Relief of symptoms faster with surgery Surgery is superior in long term
Watters et al 2008⁶ Kreiner et al 2013⁷	Review article	Surgery is superior in patients with moderate-to-severe symptoms Surgery is superior in long term
Zaina et al 2016⁸	Metanalysis of RCTs	No benefit of surgery with respect to nonsurgical treatment

RCT, randomized controlled trial.