title: [Lumbar intervertebral disk herniation in children].
abstract: A consecutive series of 16 children from 9 to 18 years old, with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation who were treated surgically in Department of Neurosurgery Medical Academy in Poznań, between 1978-1992, was analysed. The clinical symptoms, X-ray assessment, type of operation and outcome are reviewed. In our analysis characteristic features of disc herniation in children are: the onset of pain due to violent injury in relation to lifting, bilateral neurological symptoms and radiculography imaging central intervertebral disc herniation.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Neurochirurgii AM im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jankowski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zukiel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stachowska-Tomczak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017668:Age of Onset; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Przepukliny ledźwiowych krazków miedzykregowych wieku dzieciecego.