Naseer Hassan, Mansoor Ahmad, Mehran Ali, Raza Hassan, Shah Nawaz.
To Know the Effectiveness of Disc Excision in the Treatment of Herniated Lumbar Intervertebral Disc.
J Gandhara Med Dent Sci Jan ;9(4):76-9.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness of disc excision in the treatment of herniated lumbar intervertebral disc. METHODOLOGY: This study was conducted in the Department of Neurosurgery, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar. A total of 62 patients had moderate to severe radicular pain due to Prolapsed intervertebral disc at L4/5 or L5/S1. All the enrolled patients were subjected to disc excision surgery. Postoperatively the patients were kept for 48 hours for observation and then discharged. All the patients were advised to come after 2 weeks for the follow-up to check effectiveness. RESULTS: The mean age of patients was 34.59± 7.49 years. There were 64.5% male and 35.5% female. 53.2% of patients had L4-L5, 33.9% of patients had L5-S1 and 12.9% of patients had both L4–L5 and L5–S1 level disc herniation. 85.5% of patients had no pain, 8.1% had mild pain and 04.8% had moderate pain. Postoperatively 79.0% of patients were satisfied. CONCLUSION: As compared to conservative care limited disc excision is safe, effective, and reliable in terms of pain. Disc excision technique provides immediate relief from radicular pain.

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