Lumbar disc herniation refers to the condition in which one of the discs in the lower back (lumbar spine) protrudes or ruptures. The lumbar spine consists of a stack of bones called vertebrae ...

He says, “I’m sure I slipped a disk,” and he requests magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the low back. What testing and treatment would you recommend? Herniated lumbar disks are the leading ...

Background Clinical examination of patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy aims to ... Results The prevalence of disc herniation was 77.8%. The diagnostic accuracy of individual index tests ...

Background Lumbar disc herniation has a prevalence of up to 58% in the athletic population. Lumbar discectomy is a common surgical procedure to alleviate pain and disability in athletes. We ...

Most cases of lumbar disc herniation are caused by endplate junction avulsion rather than by annulus fibrosis rupture, according to a study published in the Aug. 1 issue of Spine.

Duration of Symptoms Resulting from Lumbar Disc Herniation: Effect on Treatment Outcomes: Analysis of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery ...

The herniation, or bulging, was discovered in the L3-L4 and L4-L5 spinal disks ... They tend to dry out over time and gravity pinches down and the discs push out from the vertebra.

Axial scan at the L3-L4 disk level. Note the central canal stenosis at the L3-L4 disk level. Contrast the two axial scans - in the upper scan one can clearly visualize the CSF (which is bright) and ...

"For this reason, this is a therapy option for treating lumbar disk herniation that has failed to respond to conservative management, before recourse to surgery or when surgery is not possible." ...