Study on clinical features of cervical disc herniation

ABSTRACT

By MIR the Hospital Huu Nghi and Military Hospital No 108 from January 1998 to December 2003, in 110 patients (72 male, 38 female, qged 39-75 years), cervical dics herniation was detected. Control group in cluded 25 patients whose MRI did not find dics herniation. Patients morbid history was investigated, clinical neurology was comprehensively studied. Results showed that this herniation was commonly in men with usual manifestations of cervical dics degeneration- 100%, combining radiculo-spinal compression syndrom 50,9%, sample radiculo cervical compression syndrom 34,5% and sample radiculo spinal cervical 14,5%. The clinical criteria of cervical dics herniation were cervical vertebial pain site, pain and spasm of muscles around the vertebial cervical with limited mobility, disturbances of feelings and reflexes central palsy of the … and peripheral palsy of the hands, enhance of tendo-bone reflexes in 2 legs, Babinski reflexes (+).