MedlinePlus: Surgery Only Slightly Better for Herniated Disc

Okay, time for a little rant.

These doctors admit that the outcome of surgery for sciatica due to herniated discs is only slightly better than non-surgical treatment. Yet they are still saying that surgery is the preferred option for some case.

I would have thought that cutting somebody open would be the absolute last resort; expecially if there are less invasive methods which can give results almost as good!