2022•World Journal of Environmental BiosciencesRequires access
An Overview on Lumbar Disc Herniation on Surgical Management Approach
Mokhtar Ahmed Alsayed, Omar Mohammed A Alhassan, Ahmed Mosa Alzahrany, Hatim Mutanbak, Abdullah Abdulrahman Alamoudi, Siraj M Eid, Dania Tawfik Shaikh, Ziyad Ahmed Alhumaid, Abdulaziz Saud Alshafai, Mohammed Ali H Zarei
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Abstract
Lumbar disc herniation (LDH), the most frequent cause of sciatica, is a localized displacement of disc material beyond the usual boundaries of the intervertebral disc space, affecting 1% to 5% of the population yearly. Physiotherapy, medicinal therapy, and/or an epidural corticosteroid injection are nonsurgical first-line therapies for sciatica. However, compared to conservative treatment, surgery provides faster symptom alleviation. Over 40% of patients allocated to conservative treatment requi