Obesity and recurrent intervertebral disc prolapse after lumbar microdiscectomy

Treatment of lumbar intervertebral disc prolapse.

Discectomy for primary and recurrent prolapse of lumbar intervertebral discs.

PURPOSE To reviewed 416 patients who underwent discectomy for primary or recurrent prolapse of lumbar intervertebral discs (PLID). METHODS Records of 296 men and 102 women aged 19 to 60 (mean, 39) years who underwent discectomy for a primary PLID, and 14 men and 4 women aged 28 to 50 (mean, 40) years who underwent revision discectomy for a recurrent ipsilateral (n=14) or contralateral (n=4) P...

incidence of microscopic lumbar intervertebral disc calcification and its correlation to endplate degeneration type and disc histopathologic angiogensis

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Recovery of motor deficits after microdiscectomy for lumbar disc herniation.

We have studied, prospectively, 116 patients with motor deficits associated with herniation of a lumbar disc who underwent microdiscectomy. They were studied during the first six months and at a mean of 6.4 years after surgery. Before operation, muscle weakness was mild (grade 4) in 67% of patients, severe (grade 3) in 21% and very severe (grade 2 or 1) in 12%. The muscle which most frequently ...

Prolapsed Lumbar Intervertebral Disc

Cramps in the affected leg are quite common and persistent although sciatic pain may have disappeared completely. A small proportion of patients develop a true recurrent prolapse (prolapse from the same disc) months to years later. This varies in individual statistics, but is probably in the neighbourhood of 4 per cent. to 5 per cent. These recurrent attacks of sciatica, due to a further protru...