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[Alternative medicine methods applied in patients before surgical treatment of lumbar discopathy]
E Rutkowska1, S Kamiński, A Kucharczyk
1Katedry i Kliniki Neurochirurgii i Neurochirurgii Dzieciecej Akademii Medycznej w Lublinie.
Neurologia I Neurochirurgia Polska
|May 4, 2002
Abstract:
Case records of 200 patients operated on in 1998/99 for herniated lumbar disc in Neurosurgery Dept. showed that 95 patients (47.5%) had been treated previously by 148 alternative medical or non-medical procedures. The authors discuss the problem of non-conventional treatment methods applied for herniated lumbar disc by professionals or non professionals. The procedures are often dangerous.