[ paralysing sciatica by herniated lumbar disc]

ABSTRACT

From 1982 to 1989, 31 cases of paralysing sciatica by discal hernia were hospitalised in neurosurgery unit The paralysing sciatica type L5 was more frequent than S1. The radiographies without preparation, have shown the indirect signs of discal hernia in 71% of cases. In 28 cases saccoradiculography showed the herniated discal imprint in 89.2% of cases. Only 5 patients beneficit of CT scan. 24 of the 31 patients [77,4%] were operated with 25% of good results: