The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and analize the radiological findings and operative results of 74 cases of lumbar disc syndrome at Han-gang Sung-sim Hospital during the period from March 1973 to July 1976. The results are as follows: 1. The age distribution of the patients varied from 18 to 65 years old. The average of the age was 35 years old. Fourty six patients were male (62. 2%) and twenty eight patients were female. 2. The size of the lower lumbar spinal canal was slightly

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... d as compared with t hat of the normal control group and the intervertebral disc space was also decreased. It is considered that the initial and fundamental cause of lumbar disc syndrome is degenerative chan ge of intervertebral disc and a lso posterior articulation facet. 3. Decreased lumbar lordosis in comparison with that on the normal control group is considered to be due to degenerative change of vertebrae and increased lumbar muscular rigidity. 4. In this series of 74 patients considered to be have severe lumbar disc syndrome, 43 had simple herniation of nucleus pulposus, 12 had lumbar spondylosis and 2 had spinal stenosis. The remainder had combination of two or more of these th ree conditions, as determined hy pantopaque myelography in all cases and substantiated by operative findings in the majority. 學的 構造가 매우 복잡할 뿐더러 발생하는 질환도 다른 것과 비교검토하였마 . 2. 척수강조영솔에서 나타난 소 ' 骨 觸系 에서 보다 종류가 많고 발생빈도도 높마. 全홉推 견과 수술소견 을 비교경토하였으며 3. 선천척기형 및 中에서 특히 요추 는 다른 신체부 위 에 " 1 하여 체중 을 지 발육。 l 상과의 연관성 에 관하여 관찰하 였 기 에 보고하 는 탱하 는 대에 수반하 는 짧張 ( strain ) 과 많 追 ( stress) 을 바 이 다 . 가장 많이 받 으벼 운동범위가 비교적 넓음으 로 外{~性 휩傷을 받기 쉽다 . 또한 요추에 는 선 천석 기형과 발육 and þ sychz"atry. 25:165, 1962. 3) Elsberg, C. A. , and Dyke, C. G. : The dz"agη os z"s % n J and localization 01 tumors 01 the spinal cord without Ba('k-ache, f. A. M. A. , 152: 1610-1613, by mea ηs 01 measurements made on the X -ray 1953. film 01 the vertebra, correlation 01 cliη ical 11) Teng, P. , and Papatheodorow, C.: Myelogrand X -ray findiηgs. Bull. Neuro . Inst. , New ap hz"c liη di:ηgs iη spondylosis 01 the lumbar York , 3:359-394, cited by Epstein , 1934. spiη e. British ]. Radiology, 36:122, 1963.