Clinical and Radiological Findings of Foraminal Disc Herniation

摘要: Study Design: Retrospective study of clinical experiences. Objectives: The correct discrimination a compressed root is very important for proper decompression. With foraminal disc herniation, the cephalad compressed. diagnostic importance and radiological findings was investigated. Summary literature Review: A root, due to herniated disc, known as caudal (i. e. L5 by L4-5 herniation). In some cases, prolapsed may compress resulting in difficult diagnosis. Material Method: medical records, plain X-ray MRI 17 patients were reviewed, physical examination carefully evaluated retrospectively document efficacy diagnoses. Every image each patient graded according 4 point ranking system devised authors. outcomes postoperative complications also Results: Ten, 5 2 had L4-5, L5-S1 L3-4 herniations, respectively. Eight 10 cases showed positive femoral nerve stretching test. knee jerk reflex diminished 7 patients, with bilateral hyporeflexia other 3. body-cut axial most effective, coronal images helpful, whereas routine least value. Most achieved satisfactory result. Conclusions: Foraminal herniations seem be reasonably common. For accurate thorough seems important. When performed these addition studies, are effective useful, their use strongly recommended.