ISSLS Prize winner: The anatomy of failure in lumbar disc herniation: an in vivo, multimodal, prospective study of 181 subjects

• Published in: Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) Vol. 38; no. 17; p. 1491
• Main Authors: Rajasekaran, S, Bajaj, Nipun, Tubaki, Vijay, Kanna, Rishi M, Shetty, Ajoy Prasad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Awards and Prizes; Diskectomy - methods; Female; Humans; Intervertebral Disc - pathology; Intervertebral Disc - surgery; Intervertebral Disc Displacement - pathology; Intervertebral Disc Displacement - surgery; Lumbar Vertebrae - pathology; Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Models, Anatomic; Orthopedics - organization & administration; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Prospective Studies; Societies, Medical; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1528-1159
• DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31829a6fa6

A prospective multimodal study including clinical, radiological, serial postcontrast magnetic resonance imaging, intraoperative findings, and histopathological study. To document in vivo, the site of anatomical failure in lumbar disc herniation (LDH). Although in vitro mechanical disruption studies...