Neck, lumbar disc herniation, the incidence is high, patients and their families are asked: got the disease should be done?
"Of course not!" Provincial Medical Association, China expert group consultation department of orthopedics famous neuromuscular disease and nerve electrophysiologists professor Song Xinguang said clearly. He pointed out:
A, the vast majority of patients with lumbar disc herniation by non operation therapy for cancer, really need operation is less than 10%.
Two, there are many diseases can cause neck and back pain, most of them do not need operation, it must be distinguished. For example, cervical vertebra disease and idiopathic brachial plexus neuritis, thoracic outlet syndrome and syringomyelia, Hirayama disease phase identification; lumbar disease and piriform muscle injury, the third lumbar transverse process in comprehensive syndrome, sacral iliac arthritis, superior clunial nerves card syndrome differential pressure. Special need to identify the "motor neuron disease" after the very poor, once the operation is the rapid deterioration of the disease. And to identify these diseases, CT, magnetic resonance imaging and other imaging is not enough, must be done, "EMG examination", the EMG is known as disc herniation nerve root if there is damage and damage degree of "gold standard", it can not only determine the nature, location and range, and can help to choose treatment, and to evaluate the effect of treatment.