Neurol Neurochir Pol. 2001 Nov-Dec; 35(6): 1045-54.

[Alternative medicine methods applied in patients before surgical treatment of lumbar discopathy]

Rutkowska E, KamiÅski S, Kucharczyk A.

Katedry i Kliniki Neurochirurgii i Neurochirurgii Dzieciecej Akademii Medycznej w Lublinie.

Case records of 200 patients operated on in 1998/99 for herniated lumbar disc in Neurosurgery Dept. showed that 95 patients (47.5%) had been treated previously by 148 alternative medical or non-medical procedures. The authors discuss the problem of non-conventional treatment methods applied for herniated lumbar disc by professionals or non professionals. The procedures are often dangerous.