[Rehabilitation following surgical treatment of disk hernia]

This expose is based on the author's own experience of 5000 patients treated by microsurgery for lumbar disk hernias together with 400 given similar treatment for cervical disk hernias. The details of the operative technique described are limited to those with a bearing on the postoperative measures and results. These are of particular interest along with the patients' subsequent recuperation and rehabilitation. In conclusion, the author briefly compares his technique with a number of alternative methods.