Bowel problems are also possible with disc problems at L5-S1. Some research links irritable bowel syndrome to herniated discs ...

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 ...

Symptomatic areas for the L5 and S1 nerve roots have a large overlap ... in a neuroanatomically plausible distribution according to the localisation of a herniated disc and an affected nerve root on ...

Report of a rare complication - fracture of the pedicles - in a patient with total disc replacement of L5-S1, a surgical resolution, and a biomechanical explanation. To the authors' knowledge, there ...

Strength, sensation and reflexes were normal in the bilateral lower extremities. MRI at 1.5 T of the lumbar spine revealed a large L4–L5 disc extrusion producing severe central canal stenosis and mild ...

aDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland bDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors will be without Draymond Green for at least the next four games, and possibly more after he sustained a calf strain early in Saturday’s game against the Wizards.

Strength, sensation and reflexes were normal in the bilateral lower extremities. MRI at 1.5 T of the lumbar spine revealed a large L4–L5 disc extrusion producing severe central canal stenosis and mild ...