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. Above and below each ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation is a widely debated topic, with several techniques available. Percutaneous endoscopic discectomy (PELD) has gained popularity due to ...

failure of conservative therapy Migration of disc fragment completely below the level of the disc space Stereotactic lumbar microdiscectomy Radiculopathy with corresponding imaging studies ...

Results: The disc signal intensity was progressively reduced the more caudal the disc space. It was most common at the L5/S1 level, and, of the abnormal group, 36% (n = 11) showed the most ...

Brandon Matthews did something that Donald Ross never could have imagined when he designed Florida's Seminole Golf Club: The PGA Tour player made a hole-in-one on the 440-yard 18th hole. He was ...

5.6.x 3 2.0 composer require "darkaonline/l5-swagger:5.6.*" 5.5.x 3 2.0 composer require "darkaonline/l5-swagger:5.5.*" 5.4.x 3 2.0 composer require "darkaonline/l5 ...

Lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP ... If there is no improvement in 6 weeks, surgical intervention may be indicated. Microdiscectomy is the gold standard treatment for uncomplicated HNP.

Objectives Evidence comparing the effectiveness of surgical and conservative treatment of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation is controversial ... Primary outcomes were back pain at 6 and 12 weeks.