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Out of 393 cases of low back pain with sciatica treated surgically, 55 (14%) cases were teenagers.
Protruded discs were removed in 41 cases and caudal tumors in 3 cases, and in the remaining 11 cases no abnormal findings were found in the spinal canal.
The results of operations were obtained in 40 cases, of which 36 cases (90%) showed satisfactory results, being far superior to those of cases treated conservatively.
