J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1977 Sep;12(3):367-370. 10.4055/jkoa.1977.12.3.367.

Juvenile Disc Herniation

• Roh YW
• Choi CK
• Kim DC

• KMID: 2461782
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1977.12.3.367

Abstract

Disc herniation is commonly thought to be disease of young and middle aged adult and the backache during adolescence and childhood frequently mislead the doctor to suspect other conditions such as epiphysitis, spondylolysis, and infection of vertebral column, etc. During the period of 1967~1977, 26 cases of juvenile disc herniation were collected at Catholic Medical College and the authors analysed these cases and the results are as follows. 1. The incidence was 3.4% of all disc herniation. 2. There was no sex predilection. 3. The clinical symptoms do not differ from that of the adult cases, but sensory disturbance and motor weakness appear less frequently. 4. Good result was obtained after the surgical removal of the involved disc. 5. The etiology of the disc herniation in childhood and adolescence is thought to be superimpositon of trauma over the preceding degenerative changes in disc.

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Adult
Back Pain
Humans
Incidence
Middle Aged
Spine
Spondylolysis