Objectives Evidence comparing the effectiveness of surgical and conservative treatment of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation is controversial. We sought to compare short-term and long-term ...

Background and purpose Although the standard treatment for lumbar disc herniation is lumbar microdiscectomy, nucleoplasty offers a new technique with encouraging results in well selected cases.

Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) affects millions globally, with annual healthcare costs exceeding $100 billion in the United States alone, driving increasing interest in minimally invasive radiological ...

Pedro Gil was hardly able to move before he came to The Johns Hopkins Hospital for treatment in 2017. Gil, a resident of the Dominican Republic, had struggled with a thoracic disc herniation for 10 ...

Treatment and care are always required to ... as the body can often partially or sometimes completely resorb the disc herniation," says Gatto. "The chemical irritation often also dissipates." ...

with conservative treatment advice. The need for evaluation by a surgeon was considered on an individual basis, and the final choice of surgery was decided by the patient and surgeon. The inclusion ...

Table 1. Lumbar spine injuries in sports and treatment outcomes. 10.2% of all injuries involve the lumbar spine. These include, lumbar disc degeneration and lumbar contusions. 7.9%, and 0.9% ...

Results suggest that PTED is less costly and more effective and therefore cost-effective compared with open microdiscectomy for patients with lumbar disc herniation from the societal perspective.

5 Neurosurgical Clinic, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany 6 Orthopaedic Clinic Friedrichsheim, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt ...

A prior conventional MRI described a large L2–L3 left paramedian disc herniation. As no treatment succeeded to relieve the symptoms, surgery was indicated. During the operation, no hernia was found in ...

Introduction: Compression of the nerve root by a lumbar disc herniation can cause radiating pain in the lower limbs, and the nerve root decompression treatment may leave some patients with motor ...

It discusses other factors in diagnosis, including treatment options and how your healthcare provider can determine if they ...