A lumbar herniated disc is a painful health condition occurring in the lower back when the gel-like center of a disc in the lumbar section of thespineruptures through a weak area in the outer disc wall. The nerve roots then exit the spinal canal through the small space between thevertebrae...
Introduction: Many different minimally invasive procedures can be used to treat lumbar disc herniation. In the management of lumbar disc herniation, Open microdiscectomy MD is the gold standard and is used as a benchmark for comparison with more recent techniques like tubular dis...
Microdiscectomy: A minimally invasive procedure to remove the part of the disk causing the pain; the disk may be repaired by reinflating it withhyaluronic acidand sealing it with collagen. Lumbar laminectomy: A minimally invasive or open surgery in which a portion of the vertebral bone (lamina)...
3 patients who had already been submitted to discectomy but at a level which differed from that of the examined; group III: 4 patients treated surgically for contralateral herniation; group IV: 10 patients with true recurrent herniation, that is, already submitted to surgery for the treatment of...
What happens to Modic changes following lumbar discectomy? Analysis of a cohort of 41 patients with a 3- to 5-year follow-up period The natural history of Modic changes (MCs) in the lumbar spine is often marked by conversion from one type to another, but their course following lumbar di....
a large disc herniation in the lumbar spine can cause nerve compression and cause pain that originates in the low back and then radiates into the legs. This is called radiculopathy. When the sciatic nerve, which runs from the low back down the leg to the foot, is affected, it is called...
Analyzing the effects of intra-operation video-clip display on hemodynamic and satisfaction of patients during lumbar discectomy under spinal anesthesia Objective: Most neurosurgeons and anesthesiologists prefer the less invasive intervention for most surgeries; recently, the lumbar anesthesia is more popul....
Alternative strategies for lumbar discectomy: intradiscal electrothermy and nucleoplasty. of this manuscript is to examine two newer percutaneous disc treatment techniques, intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET) anuloplasty and nucleoplasty. The... WC Welch,PC Gerszten - 《Neurosurgical Focus》 被...
Vikingscenter John Sullivan had a lumbar microdiscectomyprocedure on his back prior to the season and was put on injured reserve with a designation to return. He recently had a setback in his recovery and just underwent a second procedure, which will likely shelve him for the season. ...
Repairing spinal joint “misalignment” is an easy idea to sell, but it’s hard to actually do. Chiropractors often can’t even agree on which joints need “adjusting” — even with only five lumbar joints to choose from. Poor posture and crookedness is another popular scapegoat — it seems...