title: [Evaluation of the results of conservative and surgical treatment of lumbar diskopathy].
abstract: The authors analysed 300 inquiry responses from patients with lumbar discopathy treated conservatively and surgically at the Department of Neurology, Institute of Rheumatology in Warsaw in the period from Jan 1 1971 to Dec 31 1976. A significant proportion of patients (86%) reported a good result of this treatment persisting for many years. Seventy-five per cent of patients treated here returned to their previous occupation. In a comparative analysis of the conservatively and surgically treated cases the results of surgical treatment were found to be evidently better which suggests a need for extending the indications to surgical interventions. The authors conclude that effective conservative or surgical treatment in hospital has an additional favourable psychological influence on the patients, and maintenance of good therapeutic results many years after hospital treatment depends on posthospital systematic medical care which influences the further fates of the patients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000601:surgery; D014143:Traction / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: Katamnestyczna ocena wyników zachowawczego i chirurgicznego leczenia dyskopatii ledźwiowego odcinka kregosłupa.