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Methods of Delivery in Pregnant Women with Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Narrative Review of General Management and Case Report

Low back pain is a common complaint during pregnancy, affecting approximately half of pregnant women. However, true disc herniation is extremely rare, and the majority of patients heal without surgery. The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of conservative management strategies and del...

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Autores principales: Paslaru, Francesca Gabriela, Giovani, Andrei, Iancu, George, Panaitescu, Anca, Peltecu, Gheorghe, Gorgan, Radu Mircea
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Publicado: Carol Davila University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7803304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33456600
http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2020-0166
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author Paslaru, Francesca Gabriela
Giovani, Andrei
Iancu, George
Panaitescu, Anca
Peltecu, Gheorghe
Gorgan, Radu Mircea
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Giovani, Andrei
Iancu, George
Panaitescu, Anca
Peltecu, Gheorghe
Gorgan, Radu Mircea
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description Low back pain is a common complaint during pregnancy, affecting approximately half of pregnant women. However, true disc herniation is extremely rare, and the majority of patients heal without surgery. The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of conservative management strategies and delivery modes for pregnant patients suffering from lumbar disc herniation without severe neurologic deficits that would require emergency surgery. We performed a narrative review of the literature using the PubMed database. Thirty-one articles were originally retrieved, out of which 7 met the inclusion criteria, compiling a total of 10 cases of parturient patients with lumbar disc hernia treated conservatively until childbirth. The preferred delivery mode was a Cesarean section, which was performed in 6 out of 10 cases. Two patients developed the cauda equina syndrome, one during a failed induction and the other patient 4 weeks after vacuum extraction. However, the second patient failed to improve after surgery. No patients developed cauda equina syndrome during or after the Cesarean section. Based on limited data, the Cesarean section seems to be preferred compared to vaginal delivery to avoid worsening symptoms and progression to the cauda equina syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-78033042021-01-15 Methods of Delivery in Pregnant Women with Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Narrative Review of General Management and Case Report Paslaru, Francesca Gabriela Giovani, Andrei Iancu, George Panaitescu, Anca Peltecu, Gheorghe Gorgan, Radu Mircea J Med Life Original Article Low back pain is a common complaint during pregnancy, affecting approximately half of pregnant women. However, true disc herniation is extremely rare, and the majority of patients heal without surgery. The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of conservative management strategies and delivery modes for pregnant patients suffering from lumbar disc herniation without severe neurologic deficits that would require emergency surgery. We performed a narrative review of the literature using the PubMed database. Thirty-one articles were originally retrieved, out of which 7 met the inclusion criteria, compiling a total of 10 cases of parturient patients with lumbar disc hernia treated conservatively until childbirth. The preferred delivery mode was a Cesarean section, which was performed in 6 out of 10 cases. Two patients developed the cauda equina syndrome, one during a failed induction and the other patient 4 weeks after vacuum extraction. However, the second patient failed to improve after surgery. No patients developed cauda equina syndrome during or after the Cesarean section. Based on limited data, the Cesarean section seems to be preferred compared to vaginal delivery to avoid worsening symptoms and progression to the cauda equina syndrome. Carol Davila University Press 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7803304/ /pubmed/33456600 http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2020-0166 Text en ©Carol Davila University Press This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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Panaitescu, Anca
Peltecu, Gheorghe
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Methods of Delivery in Pregnant Women with Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Narrative Review of General Management and Case Report
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title_sort methods of delivery in pregnant women with lumbar disc herniation: a narrative review of general management and case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7803304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33456600
http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2020-0166
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