Herniated lumbar disc may be asymptomatic or associated with lower limb radiculopathy. Most spinal surgeons would offer surgery following a period of conservative measures if the radiological and ...

The other is the area just above, called L4-L5. In the low back, the L5-S1 junction is often the site of a problem known as ...

Herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP), also referred to as a herniated disc, is a common spine pathology that occurs approximately 95% of the time at the L4-L5 or L5-S1 level (Fisher et al., 2004; Asch ...

Herniated discs can occur in any part of the spine, including the neck (cervical herniated disc), lower back (lumbar herniated disc) and upper back (thoracic herniated disc). Find a spine care ...

Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) is a serious condition that occurs when the nerve roots in the lower back are compressed, often due to a herniated lumbar disc. This compression can lead to severe ...

presented with right lumbar radiculopathy with no neurological deficit. A prior conventional MRI described a large L2–L3 left paramedian disc herniation. As no treatment succeeded to relieve the ...

A herniated lumbar disc can push on spinal nerves and cause severe, shooting leg pain, numbness and/or weakness. A percutaneous disc removal (PDR) can remove a portion of the herniated disc that is ...

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 ...

Background and purpose Although the standard treatment for lumbar disc herniation is lumbar microdiscectomy, nucleoplasty offers a new technique with encouraging results in well selected cases.

A herniated disc can occur anywhere along your spinal column, though most often in the neck (cervical) or low-back (lumbar). If the bulging disc is pressing on a nerve, it will send shooting pains to ...