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ArticleAsian journal of neurosurgery2013

Risk factors of recurrent lumbar disk herniation.

Mohammad Shimia, Arash Babaei-Ghazani, Bina Eftekhar Sadat, Behnaz Habibi, Afshin Habibzadeh

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Article in Asian journal of neurosurgery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Practice preference of revision surgery for recurrent lumbar disc herniation: an international survey of AO spine members.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  18. Return to sports following discectomy: does a consensus exist?European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024
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  20. Factors Influencing Recurrence Rates and Surgical Outcomes in Lumbar Microdiscectomy: A Retrospective Study of 130 Patients in Turkey.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohammad ShimiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Research Centre, Tabriz, Iran.
Arash Babaei-Ghazani
Bina Eftekhar Sadat
Behnaz Habibi
Afshin Habibzadeh
Art Research Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences · SKTabriz University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecurrent lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a common cause of poor outcomes after lumbar discectomy surgery. Studies focused on risk factors of true recurrent disk herniation at the same level and side, are few. The aim of current study is to evaluate risk factors of recurrent disc herniation in Iranian population. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe retrospectively reviewed 40 patients with recurrent disc herniation and 120 patients without recurrence to evaluate possible risk factors for herniation recurrence. A clinically significant recurrent herniation was defined as a disc herniation causing leg pain with radiographic (MRI) evidence of disc material at the same side and level of the index surgery causing impingement, compression, or deviation of nerve tissue. A series of patients without recurrence was used for comparison to identify possible risk factors for recurrent LDH.

resultsThere was significant difference between groups with and without LDH in sex (P = 0.003), smoking habit (P = 0.004), height (P = 0.04), weight (P = 0.006) and occupational characteristic (P < 0.001). By putting these differences in logistic regression analysis, it showed that gender (male), taller height, heavy works and being smoker could predict lumbar disc herniation recurrence.

conclusionConsidering sex, smoking and heavy works as predictors of recurrent LDH, surgeons should advice their patients to limit hard work and put away smoking especially in tall and male ones to prevent LDH recurrence.

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Lumbar disc herniationrecurrencerisk factors

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