Abstract
In our clinic, 64 patients were surgically treated for lumbar disc herniation. The clinical follow-up fo these patients was performed by questionnaires on an average of postoperative 5 years and 8 months.
1. The average age of the patients was 33.7 years, the youngest being 16 years, and the oldest 66 years.
2. Forty-seven were male and 17 were female.
3. The commonest level of the disc removal was L. 4-5 (60.9per cent).
4. In 64 patients, 54 lumbar disc herniations were found, in five there was adhesions and thickness of lig. flavum, in two there were varcies, in two osteophytes caused the nerve root pressure, and in one nothing was found.
5. The clinical results were based on relief of pain, the need for analgesic medication, the distriction of physical activities and the return to eployment.
Nineteen per cent achieved excellent results, and 64per cent satisfactory results (good and fair).
