Preoperative Clinical and Radiographic Risk Factors for Recurrent Lumbar Disc Herniation: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
In conclusion, patients with high BMI, diabetics, increased sagittal range of motion, and presence of Modic changes are at increased risk of recurrent disc herniation. Future prospective studies are needed to validate the risk factors identified in this study associated with recurrent disc herniation.
Authors
- AO Spine Knowledge Forum Degenerative
- Asham Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2593-8831)
- Mohamed AR Soliman
- Samuel Kang-Wook Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7511-2486)
- Waeel O. Hamouda
- Zorica Buser
- S. Tim Yoon
- Hendrick Francois
- Stipe Ćorluka
- Alexander O. Aguirre
Institutions
- Cairo University (EG)
- Emory University (US)
- University of Applied Health Sciences (HR)
- Sisters of Charity Hospital (HR)
- Security Forces Hospital (SA)
- New York University (US)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurospine
- Published
- 2026-01-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14245/ns.2551242.621
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00