Keeney BJ, Fulton-Kehoe D, Turner JA, Wickizer TM, Chan KC. Early predictors of lumbar spine surgery after occupational back injury: results from a prospective study of workers in Washington State. Spine. 2013 May 15; 38 (11):953-64
42.7% of workers who first saw a surgeon ended up in surgery. Only 1.5% of workers who first saw a chiropractor ended up in surgery.
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