Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon,
*Corresponding Author: Mohammed Hassan Razoki, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon,
Lumber disc herniation is a common and frequently occurring disease. Conventional discectomy is in use for decades, and it has got a curative effect for treatment of disc herniation which will not respond to conservative treatment.
The current study aimed to evaluate the functional outcome after (12 month) of conventional discectomy for the management of patients with lumber disc herniation.
A prospective study done in the period between October 2015 and February 2018 on 78 patients (40 males and 38 females) their mean age 37.6 years (range21-65) was diagnosed with sciatica caused by single level lumber disc herniation (LDH) and underwent open discectomy. Each patient was followed up for one year regarding their functional outcome, using the Oswestry disability index.
The means of the total oswestry low back pain scoring scale after 6 months, and 12 months of management were significantly decreased compared to mean before management (60.7% versus 38.1%, P=0.004; and 60.7% versus 24.7% respectively).
Conventional open discectomy is still a good method for treatment of lumber disc herniation.
Lumber disc herniation, conventional discectomy. Oswestry Disability Index
