…four years of follow-up, according to the study. The results were published in the Nov. 15 issue of the journal Spine.
Surgeons and other doctors caring for people with back pain should be aware of and discuss the impact back pain has on sexual functioning, the researchers said.
“We have very limited data to discuss this topic, and we need to do a better job for our patients to inform them of what to expect after surgery,” Burch said in a journal news release.
SOURCE: Spine, news release, Nov. 11, 2016