@article{ref1,
title="Spontaneous resolution of a disc protrusion in a military aviator: a case report",
journal="Aviation, space, and environmental medicine",
year="1997",
author="Newlands, J. C.",
volume="68",
number="4",
pages="334-336",
abstract="The case history of a 38-yr-old military aviator qualified on a range of rotary and fixed wing aircraft is presented. A radiologically evident and clinically debilitating (initially) lumbar disc protrusion was the source of the aviator's temporary grounding from flying duties. A full clinical recovery was made and he returned to flying, eventually to ejection seat aircraft. It is proposed that: 1.) wherever possible, initial conservative non-invasive management of back problems is preferable; 2.) lumbar disc lesions may sometimes totally spontaneously resolve (retraction or autolysis?), and; 3.) development and diagnosis of a lumbar disc lesion should not always be an automatic permanent expulsion from rotary wing or ejection seat aircraft.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0095-6562",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}