A herniated disc occurs when the soft, jelly-like material in the center of a disc in your spine leaks out and presses on a nearby nerve root. It can happen after an injury or through normal wear and ...

Currently, MRI is the most effective method for the diagnosis of intervertebral disc herniation (1). MRI has revealed that the most common sites of LDH are the lumbar spine regions L4–L5 and L5–S1 (4) ...

A 34-year-old gentleman, who presented with severe back pain and radiating right leg pain that left him unable to walk, has ...

MRI of the spine can show spinal alignment, lumbar disk herniation, inflammation, and more. MRI is a noninvasive diagnostic tool that uses radio waves and a magnetic field to produce detailed ...

Alleyne CH, Rodts GE. Current and Future Approaches to Lumbar Disc Surgery (A Literature Review). MedGenMed 1(1), 1999 [formerly published in Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine eJournal 1(6 ...

Lumbar disc herniation was diagnosed based on clinical symptoms, with a disease duration of more than 3 months, regardless of the presence or absence of lumbar spinal stenosis; (2) Pathological ...

Lumbar total disc replacement patients tended to have more facet injections following surgery compared to those having anterolateral lumbar interbody fusion, according to a study published in the ...

Objectives Lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) is prevalent, age-related and contributes to low back pain. Cross-sectional LDD as determined by MRI scan is known to be highly heritable. The authors ...

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