Compressive Lumbar Disc Hernia Spontaneously Disapeared in a Few Years - Case Report

D. Balasa; Carmen Ciufu; R. Baz; Anca Hancu

doi:10.1515/arsm-2016-0043

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Compressive Lumbar Disc Hernia Spontaneously Disapeared in a Few Years - Case Report

ARS Medica Tomitana

Volume 22 (2016): Issue 4 (November 2016)

By: D. Balasa, Carmen Ciufu, R. Baz and Anca Hancu

Open Access

|Mar 2017

Abstract

We present a patient with left compressive L5-S1 lumbar disc hernia in lateral reces and foramina revealed by high intensity pain (Visual Autologus Scale 7/10) and paresthesias on the left S1 dermatoma for 5 months. He refused surgery and followed conservative treatment with very good results after 6 months. The radicular S1 pain became of a small intensity (Visual Autologus Scale 2-3/10) and intermitent and after one year it completely disapeared. After 4 years he repeated the lumbar magnetic resonance imaging which proved the disapearance of the L5-S1 lumbar disc hernia.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsm-2016-0043 | Journal eISSN: 1841-4036 | Journal ISSN: 1223-9666

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Language: English

Page range: 256 - 259

Published on: Mar 30, 2017

Published by: Ovidius University of Constanta

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

Lumbar disc hernia,

disapeared spontaneously

Related subjects:

Medicine,

Clinical medicine,

Clinical medicine, other

© 2017 D. Balasa, Carmen Ciufu, R. Baz, Anca Hancu, published by Ovidius University of Constanta
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