Discal hernia in children and teenagers: medical, surgical and recovery treatment.
Lumbar disc hernia represents a rare situation for the physician. The first intervention in disc hernia was performed during the '40. The rate of surgery needing lumbar hernia is about 1-2%. Lumbar disc hernia in children and teenagers has 4 main causes: familial history, trauma, congenital malformation of the spine and disc degeneration. The symptoms in young patients are dominated by local or ischiadic irradiated pain, but neurological discrepancies rarely occur.
Burnei
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Pediatric Orthopedic Clinic, Maria Sklodowska Curie Emergency Hospital for Children, Bucharest, Romania. mscburnei@yahoo.com
Gavriliu
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Vlad
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Georgescu
Ileana
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Hurmuz
Lucia
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Hodorogea
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D000293:Adolescent; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D007796:Laminectomy; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012383:Romania; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000700:Analgesics