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ArticleCureus2022

Spontaneous Recovery in Complete Foot Drop in a Case of Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Neurological Surprise.

Abhijit Ravindra Chandankhede, Dhruv Talwar, Sourya Acharya, Sunil Kumar

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 47% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abhijit Ravindra ChandankhedeDepartment of Neurosurgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, IND.
Dhruv TalwarDepartment of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, IND.
Sourya AcharyaDepartment of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, IND.
Sunil KumarDepartment of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, IND.
Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lumbar intervertebral disc prolapse has been associated with radiculopathy and the sensory and motor changes that occur as the result of neural compression. The most important motor symptom is foot drop. Occurrence of foot drop in lumber protrusion of intervertebral disc prompts for the surgical treatment of the condition. Here, we report a case of a 32-year-male presented with unilateral foot drop, diagnosed as lumbar protrusion of intervertebral disc and recovered significantly without surgery. The good neurological outcome of the conservative management, in this case, puts the surgeon in a quandary whether to offer surgical management or not. A clinician should always remember this outcome before choosing the management plan for lumbar protrusion of intervertebral disc although rare.

Indexed as

degeneration of discfoot droplumbar intervertebral disc prolapseneurological impairmentspontaneous recovery

Identifiers

PMID35154941
PMCPMC8815809
OpenAlexW4206577617

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