Conjoined Nerve Root Anomaly Associated with Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Case Report.
- Author:
Seok Mann YOON
1
;
Won Han SHIN
;
Yong Dug KIM
;
Bum Tae KIM
;
Soon Kwan CHOI
;
Bark Jang BYUN
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosugery, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Conjoined nerve root;
Lumbar disc herniation;
Facetectomy;
Foraminotomy
- MeSH:
Adult;
Diskectomy;
Foraminotomy;
Hematoma;
Humans;
Laminectomy;
Male
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1996;25(2):426-429
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The condition of anomalous nerve root is rare. The authors are reporting a case of conjoined nerve root anomaly associated with lumbar disc herniation in a 36-year-old male who was transferred from another hospital. A standard hemilaminectomy with a discectomy had been performed under the disgnosis of the L4-5 lumbar disc herniation at the other hospital. However symptoms were not relieved. During a second surgery at our hospital, a L5-S1 conjoined nerve root was discovered after removal of the extradural hematoma at the previous laminectomy site, a medial facetctomy with a foraminotomy were carried out and the conjoined root was decompressed completely. The patient returned to work 2 months postoperatively with complete relief of symptoms.
