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AROCHE LAFARGUE, Yoandra et al. Clinical and imaging characterization of discal hernia by means of magnetic resonance. MEDISAN [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.8, pp.1274-1283. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 635 patients with discal hernia assisted in "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba was carried out from December, 2009 to the same month of 2010, to determine the clinical and imaging characteristics of this disorder by means of magnetic resonance. The age group from 30 to 49 years, male sex, obesity as the main risk factor in the women and the excessive physical load in the men prevailed in the case material, as well as the pain, the lumbar localization and the right posterior centro-lateral and lateral hernias. It was found that the focal and diffuse protrusions turned out to be more common, associated with bony edema in the terminal plates, that the medullary compression and the secondary myelopathies were caused by cervical focal protrusions and the stenosis of the channel was mainly presented in the lumbar segment.

Palavras-chave : discal hernia; diagnosis; imaging; magnetic resonance; risk factor; secondary health care.

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