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Lumbar disk herniation: an analysis of 175 surgically treated cases
1Back Treatment Center, Deaconess Hospital, Associated with the University of Cincinnati, College of Engineering, Ohio, USA.
Journal of Spinal Disorders
|January 23, 1998
Abstract:
This is a retrospective review of 175 consecutive open lumbar diskectomies with a minimum 1-year follow-up (average follow-up, 54 months). Results of the diskectomies were: 91.0% good-to-excellent result, 3.4% fair, and 1.1% poor. Complications were few, and the overall recurrence rate was 4.6%. By multiple linear regression analysis, no one factor could predict the relief of leg pain.