Lumbar disc herniation refers to the condition in ... MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging): The gold standard for diagnosing disc herniation, MRI provides detailed images of soft tissues, including ...

Dr. Jeff Lehmen, a spine surgeon at SSM St. Mary's Hospital, said this assumption could be a sign of lumbar disk herniation, ...

Lumbar disc hernias can be alleviated with conservative treatments such as painkillers in around 80% of cases, but for the remaining 20%, surgery was the only way to control the pain. However ...

Objectives: To observe the prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc ... showed the most degenerative change. Disc height reduction was also found to be most common at the L5/S1 level. However, the ...

Knowing a patient's symptoms helps radiologists in lumbar spine MRI interpretation and diagnosis, according to a study ...

They can perform tests such as an X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to diagnose the ... posture to possible avoid re-herniation of your lumbar disc. Most patients can expect to be moving ...