Accessory Nerve Root and associated dural injury incidences encountered during lumbar microdiscectomy performed for lumbar disc hernias

Abstract

AIM: We aimed to fi nd the incidence of accessory nerve roots and their respective sites encountered intraoperatively during lumbar microdiscectomy operations, and to draw attention to the fi ndings associated with the presence of accessory nerve roots. METHODS: This study was conducted by retrospective analysis of the records of patients (N=820)