Lumbar disc herniations in children: a long-term clinical and magnetic resonance imaging follow-up study
| العنوان: | Lumbar disc herniations in children: a long-term clinical and magnetic resonance imaging follow-up study |
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| المؤلفون: | Matti Vapalahti, Kaarina Partanen, M. Luukkonen |
| المصدر: | British Journal of Neurosurgery. 11:280-285 |
| بيانات النشر: | Informa UK Limited, 1997. |
| سنة النشر: | 1997 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Pain, Asymptomatic, Spinal Stenosis, Lumbar, Recurrence, medicine, Humans, Hernia, Child, Lumbar Vertebrae, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Magnetic resonance imaging, General Medicine, Prognosis, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Surgery, Intervertebral disk, Treatment Outcome, El Niño, Radiological weapon, Female, Lumbar spine, Neurology (clinical), medicine.symptom, business, Intervertebral Disc Displacement, Follow-Up Studies |
| الوصف: | To determine the long-term outcome of 12 youthful patients with lumbar disc herniation, who, at the time of surgery, were 15 years old or younger (mean age at operation 14.3 years), we assessed their current clinical condition (mean follow-up time 6 years) with a questionnaire inquiring about symptoms and disability, and radiologically with an MRI of the lumbar spine. Clinically, only five patients (40%) were totally asymptomatic and seven patients (60%) had recurring symptoms, both pain and disability. On MRI, seven patients (60%) had persistent stenosing changes at the operated disc levels and eight patients (65%) also had disc degeneration at other lumbar levels. Despite the symptoms and quite severe radiological findings, the long-term outcome was assessed as good or moderate in eleven patients (90%). As far as comparisons are reasonable, our results appear somewhat less favourable than those in two previous paediatric series, but they agree with those in two recent large series of adults. |
| تدمد: | 1360-046X 0268-8697 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02688699746041 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::0d53dba52a5c09ec8503b7aa42b4a293 https://doi.org/10.1080/02688699746041 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....0d53dba52a5c09ec8503b7aa42b4a293 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 1360046X 02688697 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/02688699746041 |