Clinical analysis of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation in adolescents

Objective: To analyze the clinical features and treatment of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation in adolescents. Methods: The clinical data and imaging of 11 cases of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation in adolescents with the age of 15 to 18 were analyzed retrospectively. All the cases were performed interlaminar partial laminal fenestration after invalid conservative therapy. Results: All the cases were followed up from 0.5 to 2.5 years. The results were excellent in 8 cases and good in 2 cases. The excellent and good rates reached 90.90%. Conclusions: Trauma and malformation are the chief causes of the adolescent lumbar disc herniation. It presents obvious physical signs in clinical manifestation. The radiological diagnosis is nonspecific,but CT or MRI examination may help to make accurate diagnosis. If conservative therapy does not work,surgical therapy should be considered,which always has a good prognosis.