Open AccessNeglected knowledge: Asymmetric features of lumbar disc disease
Author(s) -
Ayhan Kanat,
Uğur Yazar,
Bülent Özdemi̇r,
Hızır Kazdal,
Mehmet Sabri Balık
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/1793-5482.145573
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar , lumbar disc herniation , lumbar disc disease , discectomy , trunk , intervertebral disc displacement , lumbar spine , degenerative disc disease , surgery , anatomy , lumbar vertebrae , ecology , biology
Lumbar disc herniations have been extensively studied in the literature. Asymmetric trunk muscle anatomy could affect the development of this entity which has never been quantitatively studied previously. The purpose of this manuscript was to analyze the operated sides of herniated lumbar disc.