[Anterior lumbar disc herniations (author's transl)].

Anterior lumbar disc herniations can easily and clearly be evidented by discography. The morbidity and, especially, the clinical importance of this entity, however, has been described by some authors only. According to our own experience with discography, ventral lumbar disc herniation seems to be correlated with a painful syndrome consisting of both a typical and circumscribed backache and pain radiating into the abdominal cavity and genital area along the lateral aspect of the lumbar region.