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The herniated lumbar intervertebral disc in children and adolescents. Long-term follow-up of 101 cases treated by surgery.

Abstract
The authors review 101 cases of herniated lumbar intervertebral disc in children and adolescents treated by surgery. The most significant etiologic and pathogenetic factors in this series were early onset of disc degeneration, congenital lumbosacral malformations, and repeated trauma. The main clinical symptom was pain, usually sciatica, while neurological symptoms were less common than they are in adults. In all patients diagnosed correctly with the aid of appropriate imaging studies (myelography, CT scan, MRI), discectomy by means of conservative hemilaminectomy achieved satisfactory results, except in two cases of concomitant spinal instability due to spondylolysis and in one case of recurrence.
AuthorsR Savini, E Martucci, S Nardi, A Capelli, A Gusella
JournalItalian journal of orthopaedics and traumatology (Ital J Orthop Traumatol) Vol. 17 Issue 4 Pg. 505-11 (Dec 1991) ISSN: 0390-5489 [Print] Italy
PMID1816156 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement (diagnostic imaging, etiology, surgery)
  • Lumbar Vertebrae (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Treatment Outcome

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