[Individual stratification diagnosis of lumbar intervetebral disc herniation].
Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation is one of the most common causes of lumbocrural pain with its uncertain causes and varied clinical manifestations which marked by the specific symptoms and signs. Effective individualized therapy scheme depends on the correct and timely multi-level diagnosis of this disease. The paper systematically proposed the multilevel diagnosis, including qualitative diagnosis, level diagnosis, diagnosis by exclusion,combined diagnosis, classification diagnosis, syndrome differentitation in different stages, and disease severity grading diagnosis etc. The content and methods of the multi-level diagnosis on each individual case has great significance to formulate the individualized therapy scheme and to promote the clinical research of LIDH.
Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of TCM,Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology affiliated to Shanghai Academy of TCM, Shanghai, 200021, China. huangshirong3268@sina.com
Shi-Rong
SR
Huang
Yin-Yu
YY
Shi
Hong-Sheng
HS
Zhan
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*