OPERATIVELY TREATED PATIENTS WITH LUMBAGO-SCIATICA, WITHOUT DEMONSTRABLE HERNIATION OF THE DISK
- 29 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 38 (4) , 266-270
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0404.1962.tb01101.x
Abstract
The prognosis has been examined in a group of patients operated on for suspected herniation of the lumbar disk, but in whom the condition was not revealed. The material includes 40 cases, in the same period a total of 800 cases were operated on for herniation of the lumbar disk, with removal of disk material. In 1/4 of the cases, small protrusions were found without rupture of the annulus. One of the major reasons for the relatively poor prognosis in the group is that a number of them suffered from local pathological lesions which were poorly amenable to surgery.Keywords
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