The peculiarities of different etiopathogenetic variants of lumbar osteochondrosis neurological presentations diagnostics and treatment
Authors analyzed the clinical picture and diagnostic findings of neurologic and neuroorthopedic examinations, MRI, CT and X-ray data with functional tests from 186 patients with various neurologic presentations of lumbar spine osteochondrosis. The major etiopathogenetic variants of neurologic presentations of lumbar spine osteochondrosis and frequency of their occurrence were determined. The basic (clinical, neuroorthopedic, neuroimaging) criteria that allow to specify pathogenesis of neurologic presentations of lumbar spine osteochondrosis were defined.