Treatment of Lateral Lumbal Disc Herniation

Abstract

From April 1991 to March 1994, we experienced 17 cases of lateral lumbal disc herniation. Of 17 cases, 11 were intraforaminal lumbal disc herniation (LDH), 5 were intra & extra-foraminal LDH and 1 was extraforaminal LDH. Surgical treatment was performed in 13 cases and in 7 cases they were operated on using lateral fenestration. The merit of this procedure is that decompression can be achieved with minimal resection of the facet joint without spinal fusion and the addition of medial fenestration is possible.