Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a very rare clinical entity in the pediatric age group, therefore only a few clinical studies have until now investigated the clinical behavior of pediatric LDH. The natural clinical history, postoperative neurological recovery with radiological follow-up and quality of life related to the disorder continue to be unknown. We prospectively planned and designed two...

BACKGROUND Lumbar disc herniation has a prevalence of up to 58% in the athletic population. Lumbar discectomy is a common surgical procedure to alleviate pain and disability in athletes. We systematically reviewed the current clinical evidence regarding athlete return to sport (RTS) following lumbar discectomy compared to conservative treatment. METHODS A computer-assisted literature search o...

INTRODUCTION Knowledge about the natural clinical course is needed to improve understanding of recovery postsurgery as outcome is poor for some patients. Knowledge of the natural clinical course of symptoms and disability will inform optimal timing and the nature of rehabilitation intervention. The objective of this study is to provide first evidence synthesis investigating the natural clinical...

Introduction: The subject of the study is analyzing temperature distribution on lower limbs in patients with discopathy lumbosacral spine requiring surgery. Aim: answer to question whether surgical treatment reduces differences undergoing Material and methods: Thermograms were performed before second day after microdiscectomy or posterior lumbar interbody fusion. group consisted 37 Neurosurgery...

Background The number of lumbar spine surgeries has been increasing during the last 20 years, which also leads to an increase in hospital costs and complications related to surgery. Therefore, there is a greater concern about the costs and safety of the techniques and implants used. Methods Patients (aged from 18 to 50 years) presenting with lumbago /sciatica (ICD-10-CM M54.3, M54.4) due to l...

Introduction The standard surgical technique for lumbosacral radicular syndrome in the Netherlands is open microdiscectomy (OM). An alternative technique, preferred by some Dutch physicians, percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED). However, 2006 National Health Care Institute (Zorginstituut Netherland [ZIN]) concluded that available evidence was insufficient, and a high quality...