Is it possible to obtain consensus on the tactics of early rehabilitation period after lumbar microdisCectomy?

Objective. To analyze distinctions in multidisciplinary approaches with respect to the timing of patients returning to daily physical activity after uncomplicated lumbar microdisectomy and to the readiness of doctors of various specialties to work according consensus guidelines.

Material and Methods. A written questionnaire survey of 60 specialists (20 neurosurgeons, 28 neurologists and 12 rehabilitologists) involved in the management of patients during the first six months after uncomplicated lumbar microdisectomy was conducted. The questionnaire included 12 questions with several answer options on the timing of returning to daily physical activity, and on the need to provide patients with written recommendations on limitations in motion regimen, physical work, sexual activity, and bracing.

Results. Significant dissonance both between doctors of the same specialty and of different specialties was demonstrated in the tactics of postoperative management of patients regarding the recommended terms for returning to daily activity. All respondents found it useful to create unified written recommendations on the motion regime, 90 % of specialists are ready to use the proposed recommendations after some modification. There was a slight increase in the recommended timing for return to daily physical activity compared with the recommendations of doctors in other countries.

Conclusion. The demonstrated interdisciplinary differences in the treatment, rehabilitation and timing of physical activity restriction for patients after lumbar microdisectomy require unification of the tactics of postoperative management.

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