A study led by a University of Toronto researcher has found that surgeons are less likely than family doctors to prefer surgery as a treatment for low back pain. In an article for the journal Spine, Dr. S. Samuel Bederman (Dept. of Surgery) and his co-authors say that aligning the knowledge of surgeons and family physicians would create better shared decision-making between doctors and their patients, and give patients a better sense of their expectations of surgery.

Read the abstract from Spine.