Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniation with Contralateral Symptoms Treated by Percutaneous Endoscopic Discectomy

Case Report

Korean J Spine 2007;4(1): 41-43.

Dong Yeob Lee, M.D., Sang-Ho Lee, M.D.

Department of Neurosurgery, Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniation with Contralateral Symptoms Treated by Percutaneous Endoscopic Discectomy

Dong Yeob Lee^, M.D.^, Sang-Ho Lee^, M.D.

Department of Neurosurgery, Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Acknowledgement: This study was supported by a grant from the Wooridul Spine Foundation. Patients with lumbar disc herniation can present with contralateral symptoms, which sometimes confuse the surgeons of making a surgical plan. We report a patient with recurrent lumbar disc herniation on the left side at the L4-5 level, who presented with leg pain on the right side. We performed percutanoues endoscopic lumbar discectomy from the herniation side and the patient showed improvement of leg pain immediately after the procedure.

Keywords: Intervertebral diskㆍLumbar vertebrae