Spontaneous regression of herniated nucleus pulposus
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Spontaneous regression of herniated nucleus pulposus.
Spontaneous regression of herniated nucleus pulposus has not been previously documented. Reported here are 11 patients in whom there was unequivocal regression or disappearance of a herniated lumbar disk on follow-up CT study. Two patients with herniated disks were without symptoms. In the nine patients with symptoms, those attributed to the original herniation disappeared or were diminished in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0025-7974,1536-5964
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000014667