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Designed to be a less invasive way to fuse the spine, IBF is generally used for the treatment of back pain caused by degenerative disc disease. When the procedure is performed from the front (anterior) of the spine, a minimall...
Disc degeneration or trauma can cause the nucleus to herniate through the weakened layers of the outer disc and leak out of the annulus fibrosus into the spinal canal. 椎间盘退变或创伤会引起髓核从薄弱的椎间盘外层疝出,漏到纤维环之外...
What is facet disease of the lumbar spine? What is degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis? What is lumbar spondylosis with degenerative disc disease? What is a degenerative disease of the thoracic spine? What is a degenerative disease of the cervical spine?
Degeneration of the lumbar facet joints is considered to be one of the main causes of low back pain,which severely impact the life quality of people.This article sums up the research advancement of the lumbar facet joints degeneration of domestic and foreign scholars in recent years,and summarize...
Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) refers to the syndrome of lumbar and leg pain, numbness, weakness and other symptoms due to degenerative changes of the lumbar intervertebral disc, annulus fibrosus rupture, nucleus pulposus herniation stimulation or compression of the nerve root, cauda equina [1]. ...
12 A retrospective analysis of 321 Chinese patients found that gender, age, current smoking, BMI, occupational lifting, trauma, surgical procedures, herniation type, disc height index, facet orientation, facet tropism, and sagittal range of motion (sROM) were all risk factors for increased LDH ...
PATHOGENESIS, DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENTS OF DDD Degenerative disc disease (DDD) is a complex degenerative cascade due to age-related changes in molecular composition of the disc65,74), which often occurs at a faster rate in patients of work- ing age and gives rise to clinical...
Consider for example this degenerative lumbar disc disease casefile in which an elderly lady has had two total hip replacements and three extremely degenerate lumbar discs. She could no longer walk and was told: you have arthritis, unfortunately you just have to learn to live with the pain and...
An ALIF is most commonly done to treat lumbar degenerative disc disease, in which a degenerated disc becomes painful. It may be done for other indications and may be combined with a posterior approach as well, if added stabil...