title: Spontaneous regression of intervertebral disc herniation--case reports.
abstract: Lumbar disc hernia (LDH) is a common cause of low back pain and radicular leg pain. It is well known that the majority of LDH patients recover spontaneously. Since the advent of MRI, a spontaneous regression of fragment size of disc hernia occurs, as well as mitigation of subjective difficulties and neurological disorders. Therefore, surgical treatment is not always method of choice in this disease. Two cases of conservatively treated large disc extrusion which result in significant reduction of difficulties, with simultaneous reduction in fragment size of hernia which is documented by MR.
authors.affiliation: J J Strossmayer University, Osijek University Hospital Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osijek, Croatia. sasa.rapan@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sasa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rapan
authors.forename: Gordan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gulan
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lovrić
authors.forename: Savo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jovanović
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous