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The causes of recurrence of sciatic pain after Love's operation of lumbar disc herniation.

Tadashi Egawa, Kunio Tomonaga, Tsukasa Kondo, Takashi Hiramatsu, Yukimasa Nishimura, Tarou Kanbe

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Five hundred fifty-three patients underwent discectomy by Love's procedure between 1969 and 1985. of 553 patients, eight patients had recurrent disc protrusions. The rate of recurrent disc protrusions in our series was 1.4%. In the present series recurrence was found to be more frequent at a previously operated level. The recurrences at a new level occurred in three cases at ten intervertebral discs.

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Five hundred fifty-three patients underwent discectomy by Love's procedure between 1969 and 1985. of 553 patients, eight patients had recurrent disc protrusions. The rate of recurrent disc protrusions in our series was 1.4%. In the present series recurrence was found to be more frequent at a previously operated level. The recurrences at a new level occurred in three cases at ten intervertebral discs.

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Five hundred fifty-three patients underwent discectomy by Love's procedure between 1969 and 1985. of 553 patients, eight patients had recurrent disc protrusions. The rate of recurrent disc protrusions in our series was 1.4%. In the present series recurrence was found to be more frequent at a previously operated level. The recurrences at a new level occurred in three cases at ten intervertebral discs.

Key concepts: Discectomy, Medicine, Lumbar disc herniation, Disc herniation, Surgery, Intervertebral disc, Back pain, Low back pain

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