%0 Journal Article
%T Discectomia simples: ainda h¨¢ espa£¿o para a t¨¦cnica?
%A Luyten
%A Felipe de Albuquerque Araujo
%A Kusabara
%A Ren¨¦
%A Bastos J¨²nior
%A Jos¨¦ Olympio Cat£¿o
%A Yamazato
%A Cl¨®vis
%A Oliveira
%A F¨¢bio Mastromauro de
%A Ribeiro
%A Iber¨º
%J Coluna/Columna
%D 2010
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC)
%R 10.1590/S1808-18512010000100013
%X objectives: retrospective evaluation of long term results of conventional discectomia as treatment to sciatic pain caused by lumbar disc hernia. methods: retrospective analysis of 96 patients with lumbar disc hernia submitted to conventional discectomia, with minimum follow-up of 2 years. results: the patients presented left sciatic pain in 54% of the cases, with extruded herniation in 60% and 48% in the l4-5 level; mean age of 42 years, 53% female , medium van of 9.6 in preoperative and 2.2 in postoperative. conclusion: the conventional discectomia was efficient in the treatment of sciatic pain originated by lumbar discal hernia, with low cost and fast recovery of the patient.
%K diskectomy [methods]
%K intervertebral disk displacement
%K orthopedic procedures [methods]
%K sciatica [surgery]
%K treatment outcome
%K reoperation.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1808-18512010000100013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en