title: Lumbar disk herniation: are the symptoms relevant for surgery?
authors.affiliation: Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Cantonal, 1708 Fribourg, Switzerland. balaguef@hopcantfr.ch
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Balagué
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gunzburg
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000592:standards; D017586:Diskectomy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018579:Patient Selection; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D011859:Radiography; D012585:Sciatica / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome