Open AccessEPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A SINGLE-LEVEL LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC HERNIATION
Author(s) -
М. В. Олизарович,
V. Ya. Latysheva
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
problemy zdorovʹâ i èkologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-6011
pISSN - 2220-0967
DOI - 10.51523/2708-6011.2015-12-3-4
Subject(s) - medicine , paresis , lumbar , epidemiology , confounding , lumbar disc herniation , intervertebral disc , disc herniation , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery
The aim of this study was to analyze epidemiological data and neurological disorders in single-level lumbar intervertebral disc herniation without confounding factors of root compression. Material and methods. 150 patients with single-level lumbar intervertebral disc herniation operated in the Neurosurgical Department of Gomel Regional Clinical Hospital over 2011-2012 were interviewed, and their medical records and protocols of tomographic studies were studied. Conclusion. The patients with single-level lumbar intervertebral disc herniation males were mostly men (78 people - 52.0 %). 10.0 % of the patients detected motor deficits. Of them, paresis of the flexor muscles of the foot prevailed (6.0 %). Impaired function of pelvic organs was a rare neurological disorder (2.0 %).