title: Re-operation after lumbar disc surgery: results in 85 cases.
abstract: In this retrospective study, 85 patients previously operated on for lumbar disc herniation who had undergone re-operation due to persistent pain or recurrence of the symptoms were investigated. The surgical findings were: recurrent herniation (20%), epidural fibrosis alone (36.4%), small recurrent herniation with epidural fibrosis (28.2%), herniation at another level (10.6%), spinal stenosis (2.4%), lumbar pseudomeningocele (1.2%) and adhesive arachnoiditis (1.2%). The overall success rate of re-operation was 60%. The best results were obtained in recurrent disc herniation (47.1%) excellent and 35.3% good results) and in herniation at another level (77.8% excellent and 22.2% good). Re-operation in epidural fibrosis had less-satisfactory results (29.1% excellent and 12.9% good).
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Ataturk University, 25240, Erzurum, Turkey. crefik@atauni.edu.tr
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Kayaoglu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calikoğlu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Binler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017586:Diskectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome