EVALUATION OF 754 SURGICALLY TREATED LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION

This article reports the outcome of a series of patients who received surgical treatment for lumbar disc herniation during a 5 year period in Kashani hospital. Three operative procedures were used for discectomy: unilateral interlaminar bilateral interlaminar and bilateral laminectomy. An objective method of assessing outcome that would not depend on the procedures, the prolo functional-economic outcome rating scale used to evaluate patients. Most patients had good outcome. The patient with non-industrial injuries had better had good outcome. The patient with non-industrial injuries had better outcome. The prolo scale appears to be a useful tool for comparing different procedures more objectively and for comparing the outcome across series.