A 28 year-old man developed low back pain radiating down the right leg. Examination showed an absent right ankle reflex, weakness of right knee flexion and ankle plantar flexion, and patchy loss of ...

IT IS common knowledge that there is considerable difference of opinion in the medical profession concerning the methods and efficiency of the treatment of posterior protrusions of the nucleus ...

Among patients with acute sciatica caused by a herniated lumbar disk (a condition also known as "acute radiculopathy"), a short course of oral steroids resulted in only modest improvement in function ...

The disks in your spine, called intervertebral disks, are thin, oblong structures that serve as cushions between the bones of your back (vertebrae). Each disk is made of a soft gel core surrounded by ...

Study design: A case report of intradural disc hernia mimicking an intradural extramedullary spinal tumor lesion in radiological evaluation. Objective: To describe a lumbar intradural disc herniation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sixty-six patients underwent posterior lumbar interpositional arthroplasty using a combination of calcium ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital has begun offering ultrasound-guided intradiscal injection ...

Q: Four weeks ago I was diagnosed with a ruptured disc (L4/L5) in my back. Before I was injured, I was running 35–40 miles/week and swimming 2,500 meters/week. Since it was winter time I was only ...

Even if you don’t know exactly what a herniated disc is, it just sounds like something you’d want to avoid. That makes perfect sense, because this health issue can be pretty freaking painful—but in a ...

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