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2025, Number 3

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Cir Columna 2025; 3 (3)

Lumbar disc herniation in adolescents: results and clinical-epidemiological behavior of surgical management in the period 2010-2020

Ruiz ZGA, Isáis GA, León RJ, Domínguez DJ, Rodríguez MA, Aviles GA, Arriaga CHE, Pérez PN, Charles LS

Language: Spanish
References: 13
Page: 181-186
PDF size: 267.61 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: disc herniation is the displacement of intervertebral disc material, located outside the normal intervertebral margin. Lumbar disc herniation is rare in adolescence. Objective: the purpose of this study is to determine the outcome and clinical-epidemiological behavior of surgical management of lumbar disc herniation in adolescents. Material and methods: descriptive, longitudinal, retrospective study, which analyzed 29 patients between 12 and 21 years of age diagnosed with lumbar hernia between 2010 and 2020 at the High Specialty Medical Unit No. 21, measuring pre- and post-surgical functional results with the Oswestry index. Results: the mean age at diagnosis was 17 years, and the mean time from diagnosis to surgery was one year. Patients had a preoperative score of 41.64 points, and postoperative follow-up of six months averaged 10.85 points, with a p-value < 0.001. Conclusions: lumbar disc herniation is rare in adolescence; pediatric patients with radiculopathy and symptoms suggestive of a disc process should be thoroughly investigated to rule out this disease.


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