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Herniated lumbar discs in teenagers

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Forty-three patients under the age of 19 in whom a lumbar disc protrusion was diagnosed and surgically demonstrated are reviewed. The symptomatology resembles that of adults. In 19 cases there was clear relation of trauma to the onset of symptoms. The results of surgical treatment are discussed.

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  1. J. W. F. Beks & C. A. ter Weeme

    Present address: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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    Beks, J.W.F., ter Weeme, C.A. Herniated lumbar discs in teenagers. Acta neurochir 31, 195–199 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01406292

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