POSTOPERATIVE WORK INCAPACITY, TYPE OF WO RK RESUMED AND RESIDUAL PAIN AFTER SURGERY FOR LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION - PROGNOSTIC FACTORS

Authors
ROBERT JP VANMELLE G FANKHAUSER H
Citation
Jp. Robert et al., POSTOPERATIVE WORK INCAPACITY, TYPE OF WO RK RESUMED AND RESIDUAL PAIN AFTER SURGERY FOR LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION - PROGNOSTIC FACTORS, Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift, 125(39), 1995, pp. 1813-1819
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift → ACNP
ISSN journal
00367672
Volume
125
Issue
39
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1813 - 1819
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-7672(1995)125:39<1813:PWITOW>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The outcome in 258 patients 3 to 4 years after operation for lumbar di sc herniation was studied. The median duration of postoperative work i ncapacity was 3,5 months; 202 (78%) lumbar pathology; 193 (75%) were f ree of patients resumed full time work in their previous job; 16 (6%) did not resume work due to pain. Predictive factors for a good profess ional outcome were a preoperative work incapacity inferior to 4 weeks and, for men only, operation at the L5-S1 level and the absence of dai ly lifting of heavy weights.