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26-AUGUST-2013  MAHMOUD AHMAD QUTNA  50 YEARS  EXTRUDED DISC L5-S1 WITH LEFT DOWNWARD MIGRATION.

 

Anamnesis

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The patient was admitted directly to the operating room with agonizing left sciatica for 4 weeks with LBP which subsided then exacerbation the last 10 days.

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MRI of the lumbar spine performed 19-August-2013  showing huge extruded disc L5-S1 with left downward migration. The S1 is lumbarized.

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On examination: the patient cannot walk or stand with agonizing sciatica. There is weak dorsi and planterflexion left foot -4/5. There is numbness of the left foot.

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Considering that the patient has lumbarization of S1, the C-arm was used to identify the L5-S1 level. Fenestration of the left L5-S1 with partial flavotomy and foraminotomy of left S1 root. The extruded disc was pushing the root medially. The extruded disc was removed lateral to the axilla. Left sided cleaning L5-S1 with removal of the hard parts of the slipped annulus fibrosis. The root became lax.

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Smooth postoperative recovery. The power of the left foot became normal.

 

 

Comments

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The patient still have an estimated postoperative recurrence around 7% because the disc space height still not shallow.

 

 

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