The Clinico-Anatomical Aspects of the Lumbosacral Heqion

Autor:	Verne T. Inman, John B. deC. M. Saunders
Rok vydání:	1942
Předmět:	Sciatica medicine.medical_specialty business.industry General surgery Spinal Roots Intervertebral disc Low back pain Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Etiology Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging medicine.symptom Differential diagnosis business Lumbosacral joint
Zdroj:	Radiology. 38:669-678
ISSN:	1527-1315 0033-8419
DOI:	10.1148/38.6.669
Popis:	The problem of low back pain with sciatic radiation continues to present many puzzling features, which are reflected by the uncertainty in differential diagnosis and by the multiplicity of procedures which have been advocated for its treatment. The contributions of Mixter and Barr on the intervertebral disc as an etiologic agent constitute a major advance. Nonetheless the enthusiasm engendered by popularization of posterior herniations of the disc as the cause of sciatica has proved too sanguine. The problem is a good deal too complex to be explained by purely mechanistic concepts of pressure on the spinal roots. This is evidenced by the disappointments which have so often followed surgical intervention with this concept solely in mind. On the other hand, in the great majority of cases, sciatica is but a subjective complaint which for the most part is unaccompanied by objective signs. It is now generally accepted that the etiology of this syndrome is extremely varied, being related to congenital, traumati...
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