2016
DOI: 10.1097/bpb.0000000000000198
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Hysterical conversion paralysis in an adolescent boy with lumbar spondylolysis

Abstract: We describe a case of recurrent hysterical paralysis triggered by low back pain because of lumbar spondylolysis. A 16-year-old male soccer player was referred to our institution with five previous episodes of acute paralysis triggered by severe low back pain. We performed direct surgical repair of the terminal-stage bilateral spondylolysis at L4 using a hook-rod system. His chronic low back pain was completely resolved, and no further episodes of hysterical paralysis have occurred after surgery. Spine surgeons… Show more

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“…Of those 20 studies, full-text reviews were conducted and 9 studies met the final inclusion criteria (Table 1). Examples of studies excluded were those that did not mention surgical intervention [16] and those with inadequate sample sizes [7,10,14,22,27,30,32]. The final review included 6 retrospective case series [2,11,[24][25][26]28], 2 retrospective cohort studies [5,15], and 1 prospective cohort study [19] (Table 2).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Of those 20 studies, full-text reviews were conducted and 9 studies met the final inclusion criteria (Table 1). Examples of studies excluded were those that did not mention surgical intervention [16] and those with inadequate sample sizes [7,10,14,22,27,30,32]. The final review included 6 retrospective case series [2,11,[24][25][26]28], 2 retrospective cohort studies [5,15], and 1 prospective cohort study [19] (Table 2).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%