title: Chronic lumbar pain due to a localised posterior osteophytic bar.
abstract: The authors present 6 cases of chronic lumbar pain with sciatic radiation in young subjects caused by an osteophytic bar at a single level, and associated with disc degeneration at that level. The differentiation of this special syndrome demands special methods of radiological investigation, which are discussed. All the cases were in males engaged in heavy work. Surgical treatment, which necessitates removal of the bar as well as the degenerated disc material, gave excellent results.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery