Why do the patients reject to spine operation? : a preliminary study.

Cases of failed back and spine surgery have increased significantly recently, which leads to patient hesitation in deciding about whether to be operated on. In this article, we present a survey investigating refusal reasons for spinal surgery, and we emphasize the effect of failed back surgery.A survey was conducted among 100 patients who were admitted to the outpatient clinic of neurosurgery at the Elazığ Training and Research Hospital. All of...