Abstract
The assessment of the medical conditions (liability-compliant causality) of the BK
2108 is a frequent assessment, which poses a challenge to the medical expert in orthopaedics
and trauma surgery. In assessing the load-consistent damage pattern, defined changes
in the intervertebral discs as well as the adjacent vertebral bodies must be comprehended
in a standardised manner. Of several technical measuring methods, three practicable
methods are discussed and their application explained. Thus, methods are provided
which allow the medical expert to calculate the normalised relative disc height. In
this way, the specifications of the consensus recommendations can be met in order
to define the damage profile.
Key words
BK 2108 - assessment - disc height - occupational disease - Hurxthal
