title: [Results of the disk microsurgery of lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus].
abstract: Results of microsurgical discectomy (MSD) carried out in 151 patients with lumbar disc herniations are presented. The advantage of microsurgical discectomy is reduction of surgical trauma, better differentiation of anatomical structures, gentler manipulation around nerve roots and the dural sac, and the possibility of a meticulous hemostasis preventing profuse bleeding. Further advantages of MSD are: possibility of direct insight in intervertebral space, limited risk of peri- and postoperative complications and infection, reduction of nursing care, favourable psychological and cosmetic effects. Also possibility of improving microsurgical technique be performing these frequent in neurosurgical practice procedures is not insignificant. Final results were evaluated 6 months after MSD using the Functional Economic Rating Scale developed by Prolo et al. Very good outcome (score 8-10) was achieved in 129 patients (85.4%), good (score 6-7) in 18 (11.9%) and unsatisfactory only in 4 (2.7%).
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Neurochirurgii, Akademia Medyczna w Gdańsku.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kloc
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017586:Diskectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies