Non-surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 10 Non-surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation [Keywords:] non-surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation Lumbar disc herniation (LDH is the most common diseases caused by low back pain, a common chief complaint is acute or chronic intermittent low back pain and / or leg pain. Radiating pain along the spinal nerve dermatome distribution. The nature of pain, burning pain , tingling, and electric shock feeling, sometimes accompanied by paresthesia. For patients with lumbar disc herniation than cauda equina syndrome or progressive emergence decreased muscle strength, the decision can be the first to take the majority of non-surgical treatment. The purpose of non-surgical treatment reduce local abnormal stress and reduce nerve root inflammation, relieve symptoms. In recent years, our hospital to take non-surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation in 156 cases, and achieved satisfactory results, the report is as follows. 1 Clinical data 1.1 General information on 156 patients, male 66 cases, female 90 cases, aged 18 to 71 years. Course of 1 to 6 months in 92 patients, 0.5 years to 1 year in 45 cases, 19 cases more than 1 year, protruding parts: L3-4 disc herniation in 12 cases, L4-5 disc herniation were 72 cases, L5S1 disc herniation 43 cases, L4-5 plus L5S1 disc herniation in 29 cases, 82 cases of left and right 65 cases, bilateral in 9 cases, 15 cases of spinal stenosis. X ray film, 127 patients with scoliosis, disc narrowing gap of 45 cases, 85 cases of lordosis straight. CT films showed, more than 5mm disc 72 cases, 5mm below 82 cases, prominent part of the free to the spinal canal in 2 cases. All the cases were based on their symptoms, signs, X-ray examination, CT or MRI examination, diagnosis clear. 1.2 Treatment 1.2.1 Bed rest: All cases closed during the treatment lying on a hard Banchuang 2-4 days, for severe symptoms diet, urine is not from the bed of action for patients with bed rest time may be exten