title: Pediatric disk disease.
abstract: Intervertebral disk herniation in pediatric patients is a rare but potentially disabling entity that is frequently difficult to diagnose. This article reviews the fundamentals of pediatric intervertebral disk herniation with the intention of presenting a rational and simple strategy for the evaluation and treatment of disk herniation in children, with specific emphasis on how it differs from adult disk disease in presentation, pathologic findings, and treatment options.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Slotkin
authors.forename: John M K
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mislow
authors.forename: Arthur L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Proctor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017586:Diskectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male