[The usefulness of neurological and radiological signs in lumbar discopathy]

The aim of the work was to show the usefulness of neurological and radiological signs in the patients with L4 and L5 discopathy. The axial symptoms with the highest occurrence frequency and the differential symptoms closely connected with definite disc pathology: the type and/or the level of discopathy were defined. The problem of importance of the above-mentioned signs in the diagnostic management was discussed on the basis of literature. The significance of bilateral and polyradicular symptoms in the diagnosis of central lumbar disc and unilateral symptoms in the diagnosis of lateral lumbar disc were emphasized.