often leading to severe neurological symptoms. Herniated Lumbar Disc: A condition where the soft material inside a spinal disc bulges out, potentially compressing nearby nerves. Transforaminal ...

Conclusions Compared with conservative therapy, surgical treatment provided faster relief from back pain symptoms in patients with lumbar disc herniation, but did not show a benefit over conservative ...

Contraindications include spinal cord injury or significant cauda equina symptoms, bony spinal stenosis or foraminal stenosis, spinal instability or spondylolisthesis, calcified or ossified disc ...

The lumbar spine has a slight forward curve called a lordotic curve. This curve helps keep the discs and muscles in proper alignment. The lumbar spine rests upon the sacrum. The place where they meet ...

A recent conversation about cortisone shots and back pain due to herniated discs inspired me to write this article. The person I was speaking with was quite misinformed about when cortisone shots ...

University Hospitals is now offering endoscopic spine surgery for patients needing treatment for back pain due to herniated discs in their spine. Xiaofei (Sophie) Zhou, MD, completed Arthrex's ...

A herniated disc. Your L4-L5 disc, in between the vertebrae is the most likely to herniate.When this happens, the inner ...

This curve helps keep the discs and muscles in proper alignment. The lumbar spine rests upon the sacrum. The place where they meet is called the lumbosacral joint, or L5-S1. The muscles in your ...

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 ...