Excision of herniated nucleus pulposus in children and adolescents.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1994
Abstract
Eighty-eight patients were treated at the Alfred I. duPont Institute for disc disease from 1940 to 1989. Forty-eight patients, with an average age of 16 years, underwent discectomy. Twenty-three patients were followed for an average of 6 years after initial presentation. Thirteen patients, with an average age of 15 years, and who had radiographic documentation of disc disease, were treated nonoperatively. Eight patients were followed for an average of 6.3 years. The results of discectomy were rated as excellent or good in 91% of the patients, and poor in 9% at follow-up. In the patients treated nonoperatively, the results were rated as excellent or good in 25%, and poor in 75%. Our 6 year follow-up study suggests that discectomy yields excellent to good long-term results in children and adolescents.
Volume
14
Issue
3
First Page
318
Last Page
322
ISSN
0271-6798
Published In/Presented At
DeLuca, P. F., Mason, D. E., Weiand, R., Howard, R., & Bassett, G. S. (1994). Excision of herniated nucleus pulposus in children and adolescents. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 14(3), 318–322. https://doi.org/10.1097/01241398-199405000-00008
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
8006161
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article