J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  1989 Dec;18(7-12):1073-1077.

Ultrasonography of Herniated Lumbar Disc: Pre- & Postoperative Evaluation

• Kim CH
• Park YW

Abstract

Sonographic evaluation of the 23 patients with herniated lumbar disc was carried out via anterior approach. The most important sonographic finding of the herniated disc was posterior displacement of the ventral echogenic line. Twenty patients(87%) were coincided in the result of the preoperative sonography and myelography. Of them, 19 patients were well correlated with surgical findings. A 19 of the 20 patients with satisfactory outcome found changes on the postoperative sonogram. In conclusion, disc sonography may be the modality evaluating patients with low back pain and radiculopathy. And also, sonography will become the supplementary study of the patient who has the persistent radiculopathy following discectomy.

Keyword

Herniated lumbar disc; Ultrasonography; Discectomy; Outcome

MeSH Terms

Diskectomy
Humans
Intervertebral Disc Displacement
Low Back Pain
Myelography
Radiculopathy
Ultrasonography*