Lumbar disc herniation; neurosurgical view (author's transl)

Evidently, the choice of treatment in lumbar disc herniation seems to depend more on the medical knowledge of the first consulted doctor than on actual scientific considerations. Thus, many patients having been insufficiently treated for a long time, are admitted to the neurosurgical department very...

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Published inZentralblatt für Chirurgie Vol. 106; no. 6; p. 373
Main Author Pothe, H
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 1981
Subjects
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Intervertebral Disc Displacement - diagnostic imaging
Intervertebral Disc Displacement - surgery
Microsurgery
Myelography
Prognosis
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Summary:Evidently, the choice of treatment in lumbar disc herniation seems to depend more on the medical knowledge of the first consulted doctor than on actual scientific considerations. Thus, many patients having been insufficiently treated for a long time, are admitted to the neurosurgical department very late. Nowadays, myelography using modern contrast media enables the protruded disc to be exactly localized and to be removed with minimal damage to the tissue.
ISSN:0044-409X