title: [Good results in reoperation of recurrent radicular syndrome following surgery for herniated nucleus pulposus].
abstract: In the period 1985-1986 twenty-four patients with a recurrent lumbar disk herniation were subjected to surgery in the department of Neurosurgery in the Academic Medical Hospital of Utrecht. In 25% of these patients the second lumbar disk herniation was at the same level and side as the first one. Recurrence of the disk rupture at the same side and level as the first one occurred most often within two years after initial surgery. A recurrent slipped disk at different lumbar level occurred after a time interval of two years or more. Correct diagnosis depends on the results of imaging techniques. All reoperated patients did well after surgery and could return to their work or normal daily obligations.
authors.affiliation: Academisch Ziekenhuis, afd. Neurochirurgie, Utrecht.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: van Burken
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Goede resultaten van heroperatie wegens terugkerend radiculair syndroom na een hernia nuclei pulposi-operatie.