Institutional Audit for Clinical Outcomes and Management Strategies in Lumbar Disc Prolapse

Lumbar disc prolapses (LDP), commonly known as herniated or slipped discs, is responsible for lower back pain and radiculopathy worldwide. The ongoing institutional audit and literature review is the one that the authors rely on to evaluate management strategies for lumbar disc prolapse through hospital-based records (n = 70) in addition to previously published studies for the sake of contextual comparison. The results of the study characterize treatment trends and outcomes but do not provide direct statistical comparisons as the authors did not standardize medication protocols across cases. Conservative treatments—e.g., analgesics, anti-inflammatories, muscle relaxants, neurotrophic supplementation, physiotherapy, etc.—are the first choice of treatment, showing sufficient symptom relief, functional recovery, and stable clinical outcomes. Surgery, especially microdiscectomy is done in cases with persistent neurologic deficits or pain despite conservative treatment, providing superior short-term relief but with similar long-term outcomes to conservative care.