Open AccessEvaluation of role of electrophysiological studies in patients with lumbar disc disease
Author(s) -
Arif Hussain Sarmast,
Altaf Rehman Kirmani,
Abdul Rashid Bhat
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_341_16
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbosacral joint , lumbar , electrophysiology , electromyography , nerve root , surgery , intervertebral disc displacement , intervertebral disk , lumbosacral plexus , lumbar disc disease , intervertebral disc , disc protrusion , lumbar vertebrae , physical medicine and rehabilitation
The role of the electrophysiologic studies in peripheral nerves and muscles of lower limbs (including paraspinal muscles) in prolapsed lumbar intervertebral discs has been studied with equivocal results. Pre- and post-operative electrodiagnostic studies have not been compared much.