Ultrasonography of Herniated Lumbar Disc: Pre- & Postoperative Evaluation.
- Author:
Choong Hyun KIM
;
Yeon Won PARK
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Herniated lumbar disc;
Ultrasonography;
Discectomy;
Outcome
- MeSH:
Diskectomy;
Humans;
Intervertebral Disc Displacement;
Low Back Pain;
Myelography;
Radiculopathy;
Ultrasonography*
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1989;18(7-12):1073-1077
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Sonographic evaluation of the 23 patients with herniated lumbar disc was carried out via anterior approach. The most important sonographic finding of the herniated disc was posterior displacement of the ventral echogenic line. Twenty patients(87%) were coincided in the result of the preoperative sonography and myelography. Of them, 19 patients were well correlated with surgical findings. A 19 of the 20 patients with satisfactory outcome found changes on the postoperative sonogram. In conclusion, disc sonography may be the modality evaluating patients with low back pain and radiculopathy. And also, sonography will become the supplementary study of the patient who has the persistent radiculopathy following discectomy.
