Abstract
Socioeconomical and psychological influences to the operated patients with low back pain were studied from 1976 to 1977 by means of questionnaires.
Operated patients had been heavily suffered from economical loss for average six to eight months of work-off time which was statistically correlated with the duration from admission to returning to work and the operated method. However, the loss was not related to the postoperative medical evaluation and the patient's satisfaction to the operation as of psychological reaction.
The fear of the recurrence was statistically forced their jobs into lighter work.
Posterior appooach for aged female was revealed to be made carefully for psychological problem.
