The Curious Case of the Unhappy Post-Op Lumbar Patient

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Welcome to Spine Surgery’s Most Puzzling Paradox.

You did the work. You decompressed, you stabilized, you restored order to the degenerative chaos. The MRI is clean, the hardware’s pristine, and — best of all — the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) says your patient is better.