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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

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  • Lovise Hammer Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tromso, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tor Ingebrigtsen Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tromso, Norway Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sasha Gulati Department of Neurosurgery, St Olavs Hospital Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sozaburo Hara Department of Neurosurgery, St Olavs Hospital Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Øystein Nygaard Department of Neurosurgery, St Olavs Hospital Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Karen Walseth Hara Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway Department of Neurosurgery, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tore Solberg Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tromso, Norway Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Lovise Hammer, Department of Clinical Medicine, Tromso University College, Tromsø, 9019, Norway; lovise.hammer{at}gmail.com
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Hammer L, Ingebrigtsen T, Gulati S, et al
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
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2023;80:447-454.

Publication history

  • Received February 8, 2023
  • Accepted June 14, 2023
  • First published July 9, 2023.
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July 31, 2023

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