Tehran University of Medical Sciences Acta Medica Iranica 0044-6025 29 1-2 1987 06 15 45 54 A. ALIMOHAMMADI 2015 09 28 I t 1S a t t emted t o reV1ew 3200 c a s e s of herniat ed lumbar d isc t o point out the i ndic a tions for ope ra t i o n , the value o f myelog raphy . t he r esult o f ope rat ion and the caus e s o f comp l i cat i ons . We believe tha t myelography s houl d be performed i n a l most a ll patients. I n ne a rl y 96 .8 pe rcent of cases my e l o grams co r r e s pond to clinical f i ndings. In general when there is clear s igns and s ympt oms of dis c disease , con fi rmed r adiolo gically, i n the hand of an e xpo r t surgeon. in 93 percent the result will be excel e nt . https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/207 https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/207/203