title: [Follow-up results after lumbar renucleotomy].
abstract: This is a report on the results of reoperations of lumbar disc prolapses. Ninety-seven operations in ninety-one patients were performed for recurrence of a disc prolapse. The recurrence rate of the cases reviewed was 6.5 per cent. More than 80 per cent of the ninety-one patients who had answered a questionnaire were satisfied with the result of reoperation. About 66 per cent of the patients were able to pursue their former occupation, 20 per cent required vocational rehabilitation, in about 20 per cent of the cases disablement was acknowledged.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000601:surgery*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Nachuntersuchungs-ergebnisse nach lumbalen Renukleotomien.