[Lumbar nucleotomy in children and adolescents]

Among 2987 patients operated on for lumbar disc protrusion between 1969 and 1980 twenty-six adolescents up to the age of twenty years have been found. This corresponds to 0.87 per cent. The average age at operation was 17.3 years, the youngest patient had twelve years. Twenty-one patients have been followed up for one to twelve years. The postoperative results as well as special details as to etiology and symptoms are discussed.