%0 Journal Article
%T Correla£¿£¿o do sinal de Las¨¨gue e manobra da eleva£¿£¿o da perna, retificada com os achados cir¨²rgicos em pacientes com ciatalgia portadores de h¨¦rnia discal lombar
%A Fernandez
%A Jonatas Sanchez
%A Serdeira
%A Afrane
%A Ziegler
%A Marcus Sofia
%A Severo
%A Carlos Marcelo Donazar
%A Zardo
%A Erasmo de Abreu
%J Coluna/Columna
%D 2012
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC)
%R 10.1590/S1808-18512012000100006
%X objective: to investigate the correlation between maneuversfor stretching the sciatic nerve, as the las¨¨gue sign (ls) and the straight-leg-raising test (slrt), with surgical findings in patients with sciatica. methods: 178 patients with herniated lumbar disc were previously examined by the author through ls and slrt. surgical findings were recorded and compared with findings on clinical examination. results: of the patients studied, 162 (91%) had positive ls while 118 (66.2%) were positive to slrt. conclusion: the ls was the most sensitive preoperative physical diagnostic test with respect to intraoperative pathology of lumbar disc herniation.
%K intervertebral disc displacement
%K diskectomy
%K lumbar vertebrae
%K physical examination
%K spinal diseases.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1808-18512012000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en