What symptom needs lumbar fusion operation?

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After the degenerative changes of various parts of lumbar intervertebral disc (nucleus pulposus, annulus fibrosus and cartilage plate), especially nucleus pulposus, under the action of external force, the annulus fibrosus of lumbar intervertebral disc ruptures, and the nucleus pulposus tissue protrudes (or prolapses) from the rupture to the posterior or spinal canal, causing lumbar pain. What symptom needs lumbar fusion operation? Let's talk about it

What symptom needs lumbar fusion operation?

Almost most patients with lumbar disc herniation will have low back pain. The patient is aware of continuous dull pain in the waist, which is alleviated in the supine position and aggravated in the standing position. Generally speaking, it is tolerable. The waist can be moderately active or walk slowly. The other is sudden spasmodic pain in the waist, which is intolerable and needs bed rest, which will seriously affect the life and work.

Leg numbness, chills, walking lameness: in many cases, lower limb numbness is accompanied by pain, a few patients can show simple numbness, and a few patients consciously feel cold and cool. It is mainly because the sympathetic nerve fibers in the spinal canal are stimulated. The mechanism and clinical manifestations of intermittent claudication are similar to those of lumbar spinal stenosis,

Almost four fifths of patients with lumbar disc herniation have radiation pain in their legs. It often appears after low back pain is relieved or disappeared. The manifestation is the radioactive stimulation or numbness from the waist to the thigh and the back of the leg, reaching to the sole of the foot. Severe patients may have electric shock like pain from waist to foot, accompanied by numbness. The patients with mild pain can walk and limp; Heavy people need to rest in bed, with more posture of bending waist, hip and knee.

matters needing attention

When working, lifting heavy objects from the ground, such as incorrect posture, is the most likely action to cause lumbar disc injury. The correct action should be the same as when the weightlifter lifts the barbell, first squat, then hold the weight with both arms and then stand up, then move the legs to the designated place, then squat and put down the weight. The incorrect action is straight leg bending, arms holding the weight, with the strength of the waist to lift the weight down. In particular, when the body is rotated at the same time, the injury of lumbar spine is more serious.