A herniated disc. Your L4-L5 disc, in between the vertebrae is the most likely to herniate.When this happens, the inner portion can leak out and touch a nearby nerve root, causing pain to radiate ...

These parts of the spine include: Each region of the spine has a directional curve associated with it. The lumbar spine has a slight forward curve called a lordotic curve. This curve helps keep the ...

Lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP ... bulging of an intervertebral disc, osteophyte formation, or spondylolisthesis. Symptoms include leg and buttock pain with activity that is alleviated ...

An MRI scan revealed severe spinal canal stenosis at L3-L4 and L4-L5, as well as a herniated nucleus pulposus on the right at L5-S1 (Figs 11, 12). DC underwent a L3-L5 decompressive laminectomy ...

Objectives Evidence comparing the effectiveness of surgical and conservative treatment of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation is controversial. We sought to compare short-term and long-term ...

Opens in a new tab or window FDA advisors largely supported the regulatory approval of condoliase for nerve pain associated with lumbar disc herniation (LDH) if it can be targeted to the right ...

While degenerative disc disease can begin as early as your 30s or 40s, most people experience it as a slow-progressing condition past those ages. It’s possible to have it without even experiencing any ...

De­spite some safe­ty con­cerns, an FDA ad­vi­so­ry com­mit­tee on Fri­day vot­ed 8 to 4 in fa­vor of Japan-based Seik­a­gaku’s con­do­liase in­jec­tion for the treat­ment of … ...

The next best thing: a great lumbar support pillow. The lumbar generally refers to your lower spine, or the lower back area, which is typically the part of the body that’s under the most stress ...

Lumbar interbody fusion (LIF ... The findings revealed that ALIF resulted in better segmental lordosis and disc height restoration compared to TLIF, suggesting that the choice of surgical ...