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 ...

Lumbar disc hernias can be alleviated with conservative treatments such as painkillers in around 80% of cases, but for the remaining 20%, surgery was the only way to control the pain. However ...

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.

A 73-year-old patient, known for a previous laminoplasty at L2–L3 and L3–L4, presented with right lumbar radiculopathy with no neurological deficit. A prior conventional MRI described a large L2–L3 ...

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 ...

Nonsurgical treatments for lumbar herniated discs usually consist of limited bed rest, back support and therapy. Most people suffering from a lumbar herniated disc do not need surgery. About 90 ...

Most people recover with treatment, which includes rest ... Most occur in the lower back (lumbar herniated discs) or neck (cervical herniated discs). Seek medical attention right away if you have ...

All patients received treatment as usual, with conservative treatment advice ... low back-related leg pain and (c) MRI confirmed lumbar disc herniation at a relevant side and level, that is, a ...

Iván Ulises Sámano López, Ernesto Eduardo Galván Hernández, Rafael Avendaño Pradel, José Armando Biebrich Murguía, Jorge Alberto Miranda Barrera, Thania Karina Gutiérrez Anchondo, Enrique Rosales ...

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 ...

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