Sciatica

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male soldier aged 22 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache and sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; and paraesthesiae. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral discs; recurrent lumbar backache; left sciatic pain; and hyperaesthesia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 28 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: chronic backache and left sided sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; and sciatic neuritis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: recurrent mild sciatica syndrome probably due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; and backache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male civil engineer from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatic neuritis; leg pain; and sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 37 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: bilateral sciatica due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; pain in buttock; and lumbosacral pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male airman from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: recurrent right sciatica probably due to prolapsed disc; and paraesthesiae. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 39 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: radicular sciatica probably due to prolapsed intervertebral disc; recurrent lumbago; and hypoaesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male airman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 39 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica following a back injury; and cramps in anterior-tibial muscles. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 32 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: left-sided sciatica due to prolapsed disc displacement. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.