Surgery for Lumbar disc prolapse in pregnancy: Case series

Abstract

Low back pain during pregnancy due to weight gain, biomechanical changes, increase level of relaxin hormone produced by the corpus luteum during pregnancy, are the probable etiologies. Lumbar disc herniation causing radicular pain during pregnancy is a rare clinical entity. Surgical management during pregnancy poses high risk to the developing fetus and the mother. Key issues to be considered are the diagnostic tests, Indications for surgery, timing of surgery in respect of gestation, anesthesia and drugs, operative positioning, and continuation of pregnancy after surgery.Herein, author present three cases of lumbar disc prolapse causing low back pain with radiculopathy in pregnancy.