Prospects of returning to work after lumbar spine surgery for patients considering disability pension: a nationwide study based on data from the Norwegian Registry for Spine Surgery

Conclusion
Less than a quarter of the DP-applicants returned to work 12 months after surgery. This association remained strong, also when adjusted for the confounders as well as other covariates related RTW.

Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - July 31, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Hammer, L., Ingebrigtsen, T., Gulati, S., Hara, S., Nygaard, O., Hara, K. W., Solberg, T. Tags: Open access Workplace Source Type: research