Physical examination for lumbar radiculopathy due to disc herniation in patients with low-back pain [PDF]
Background: Low-back pain with leg pain (sciatica) may be caused by a herniated intervertebral disc exerting pressure on the nerve root. Most patients will respond to conservative treatment, but in carefully selected patients, surgical discectomy may ...
Albeck +67 more
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O-arm navigation-based transforaminal unilateral biportal endoscopic discectomy for upper lumbar disc herniation: an innovative preliminary study [PDF]
Study Design Technical case report. Purpose To present a novel navigation-assisted transforaminal unilateral biportal endoscopy (UBE) lumbar discectomy technique for managing upper lumbar disc herniation.
Dong Hyun Lee +9 more
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Background: Different treatments for discogenic axial back/neck pain or radicular pain to limbs are there from conservative therapies and minimally invasive therapies to open spine surgeries with lots of controversial outcomes.
Shantanu Mallick
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Cost-effectiveness of microendoscopic discectomy versus conventional open discectomy in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation [PDF]
Background: Open discectomy is the standard surgical procedure in the treatment of patients with long-lasting sciatica caused by lumbar disc herniation.
Arts, M.P. (Mark) +4 more
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Ordinary Disc Herniation Changing into Posterior Epidural Migration of Lumbar Disc Fragments Confirmed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Case Report of a Successful Endoscopic Treatment [PDF]
The posterior epidural migration of lumbar disc fragments is an extremely rare event with an unknown pathogenesis. To the best of our knowledge, there are no previously reported cases of a change of ordinary disc herniation into the posterior epidural ...
Kiyoshi Tarukado, Osamu Tono, Toshio Doi
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Effect of Age and Lordotic Angle on the Level of Lumbar Disc Herniation
It has been previously suggested in the literature that with aging, degenerative changes as well as disc herniation start at the lower lumbar segments, with higher disc involvement observed in an ascending fashion in older age groups.
Ghassan S. Skaf +5 more
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Ultrasound Guidance in Paravertebral Injections of Oxygen-Ozone: Treatment of Low Back Pain [PDF]
Background: Paravertebral injection of ozone is an established clinical practice for the treatment of Low Back Pain (LBP). The role of Ultrasound Guidance (USG) in mini invasive procedures has become important in many clinical practice thanks to the ...
Araimo Morselli, FSM +6 more
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Presumptive Ascending/Descending Myelomalacia in Dogs after Thoracolumbar Intervertebral Disk Herniation [PDF]
Background: Ascending/descending myelomalacia (ADMM) is a severe complication of thoracolumbar intervertebral disk herniation (TL-IVDH) in dogs. Hypothesis/Objectives: To investigate the prevalence and risk factors for ADMM in nonambulatory dogs with ...
Aikawa +34 more
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Evaluation of the influence of kyphosis and scoliosis on intervertebral disc extrusion in French bulldogs [PDF]
Although thoracic vertebral malformations with kyphosis and scoliosis are often considered incidental findings on diagnostic imaging studies of screw-tailed brachycephalic breeds, they have been suggested to interfere with spinal biomechanics and ...
BA Brisson +39 more
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Background The overall rate of operations after recurrent lumbar disc herniation has been shown to be 3–11%. However, little is known about the rate of residives.
Kautiainen Hannu +4 more
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