TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Spontaneous resolution of a disc protrusion in a military aviator: a case report
JO  - Aviation, space, and environmental medicine
A1  - Newlands, J. C.
SP  - 334
EP  - 336
VL  - 68
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0095-6562
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -