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The results of surgical treatment of lumbar arachnoiditis

✍ Scribed by J. Roca; D. Moreta; M. T. Ubierna; E. Cáceres; J. C. Gómez


Publisher
Springer
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
414 KB
Volume
17
Category
Article
ISSN
0341-2695

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✦ Synopsis


S u m m a r y . Forty patients with lumbar arachnoiditis, following previous operations, were classified into 4 myelographic types. Most patients with type I images had herniated disc symptoms with unilateral leg pain and limited straight-leg raising. Patients with types H and III myelographic appearances had bilateral leg pain, absent ankle jerks, weakness, cramps and signs of diffuse sensory deficit; some also had neurogenic claudication and urinary sphincter dysfunction. All patients with type IV had dysaesthesia. Twenty-three of the 40 patients underwent reoperation and those with types I and H had acceptable results, but poor results occurred in those with types III and IV myelograms. R6sum6. Quarante patients atteints d'arachno'idite lombaire ont ~t~ class& selon les images mydlographiques en quatre groupes. La plupart des patients avec une image de type I prdsentent des signes de hernie discale avec sciatalgies unilatdrales et limitation de l'extension de la jambe. Chez les patients pr&entant des caractdristiques mydlographiques de type H et III prddominent des sciatalgies bilatdrales, des spasmes musculaires, de la faiblesse, des crampes et des troubles sensitifs diffus. Quelques patients prdsentent un syndrome neurologique ddficitaire et une atteinte sphinctdrienne. Tous les malades avec des images mydlographiques de type IV ont des dysesthdsies. Vingt-trois patients sur quarante ont dtd rdopdrds. L'intervention a obtenu un r~sultat satisfaisant (bon et moyen) chez les patients avec des images mydlographiques de type I e t II. Chez ceux qui avaient des mydlographies de type III et IV les mauvais r6sultats ont dtd beaucoup plus frdquents.


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