Surgical management of lumbar disc herniation by st and ard laminectomy in a periphery hospital; an experience with 64 patients

ABSTRACT

To study the outcome of surgical management of lumber disc hemiation by st and ard laminectomy procedure.This study was conducted in a periphery hospital, form March 2000 to July 2002. patient spresenting with bachache and leg pain were thoroughly investigated. For the confirmation of hemiated disc, myelography was performed in 50 patients, CT Scan in 10 patient and MRI in 4 patients. All patients underwent st and ard laminectomy. Patients were followed up after 3-4 weeks. Sixty four patient were operated upon for lumbar disc herniation. The youngest patient was 20 years old while the oldest was 65 years' old. All these patients underwent st and ard laminectomy. Forty six patient were males while eighteen were females. The majority of the patients were in the forth and fifth decade of life. Two patients developed discitis, four patients had dural tear during operation, two patients developed wound sepsis. Results of st and ard laminectomy for lumber disc herniation are favourable