Risk Factors for Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniations

The most common complication after lumbar discectomy is reherniation. As the first step in reducing the rate of recurrence, many studies have been conducted to find out the factors that may increase the reherniation risk. Some reported factors are age, sex, the type of lumbar disc herniation, the am...

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Main Author: Byung-Joon Shin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Spine Society 2014-04-01
Series:Asian Spine Journal
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Online Access:http://www.asianspinejournal.org/upload/pdf/asj-8-211.pdf
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spelling doaj-1650f92ee1784f668bbab48af486f93a2020-11-24T22:31:24ZengKorean Spine SocietyAsian Spine Journal1976-19021976-78462014-04-018221121510.4184/asj.2014.8.2.211611Risk Factors for Recurrent Lumbar Disc HerniationsByung-Joon Shin0Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Spine Center, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.The most common complication after lumbar discectomy is reherniation. As the first step in reducing the rate of recurrence, many studies have been conducted to find out the factors that may increase the reherniation risk. Some reported factors are age, sex, the type of lumbar disc herniation, the amount of fragments removed, smoking, alcohol consumption and the length of restricted activities. In this review, the factors studied thus far are summarized, excepting factors which cannot be chosen or changed, such as age or sex. Apart from the factors shown here, many other risk factors such as diabetes, family history, history of external injury, duration of illness and body mass index are considered. Few are agreed upon by all. The reason for the diverse opinions may be that many clinical and biomechanical variables are involved in the prognosis following operation. For the investigation of risk factors in recurrent lumbar disc herniation, large-scale multicenter prospective studies will be required in the future.http://www.asianspinejournal.org/upload/pdf/asj-8-211.pdfHerniated discLumbar regionRecurrenceRisk factors
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Risk Factors for Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniations
Asian Spine Journal
Herniated disc
Lumbar region
Recurrence
Risk factors
author_facet Byung-Joon Shin
author_sort Byung-Joon Shin
title Risk Factors for Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniations
title_short Risk Factors for Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniations
title_full Risk Factors for Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniations
title_fullStr Risk Factors for Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniations
title_full_unstemmed Risk Factors for Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniations
title_sort risk factors for recurrent lumbar disc herniations
publisher Korean Spine Society
series Asian Spine Journal
issn 1976-1902
1976-7846
publishDate 2014-04-01
description The most common complication after lumbar discectomy is reherniation. As the first step in reducing the rate of recurrence, many studies have been conducted to find out the factors that may increase the reherniation risk. Some reported factors are age, sex, the type of lumbar disc herniation, the amount of fragments removed, smoking, alcohol consumption and the length of restricted activities. In this review, the factors studied thus far are summarized, excepting factors which cannot be chosen or changed, such as age or sex. Apart from the factors shown here, many other risk factors such as diabetes, family history, history of external injury, duration of illness and body mass index are considered. Few are agreed upon by all. The reason for the diverse opinions may be that many clinical and biomechanical variables are involved in the prognosis following operation. For the investigation of risk factors in recurrent lumbar disc herniation, large-scale multicenter prospective studies will be required in the future.
topic Herniated disc
Lumbar region
Recurrence
Risk factors
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