Is Prophylactic Lumbar Discectomy Ever Indicated?
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Is prophylactic lumbar discectomy ever indicated?
375 With the wide availability of non-invasive imaging techniques, the occurrence of a patient with a large disc herniation who ultimately has complete disappearance of the herniation on imaging without surgery is not rare.1-4 It is unclear how common this is, as most patients who recover from sciatica do not get repeat imaging. Alternatively, how commonly cauda equina syndrome subsequently occ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0317-1671,2057-0155
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100011689