[Surgical treatment of herniation of lumbar intervertebral disks]

An analysis of outcomes of treatment of 288 patients has shown that using the microsurgical technique when removing hernias of lumbar disks allows to perform more sharing manipulations with the roots, vessels and disk, gives favorable results of treatment. Good outcomes were obtained in 68 patients, satisfactory--in 12 patients, bad--in 2 patients. The period of the intrahospital treatment became shorter.