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 ...

A 73-year-old man who presented with right lumbosciatic pain underwent a neurosurgical operation for a voluminous L2–L3 disc herniation, seen on conventional MRI images. No disc herniation was ...

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

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 ...

The incidence of disc herniation in athletes is significant, particularly in disciplines that involve repetitive flexion and rotation movements or intense loads, such as weightlifting, rugby, ...

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 ...

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.

An FDA advisory committee on Friday voted 8 to 4 in favor of Japan-based Seikagaku's condoliase injection for the treatment ...

Few injuries are as suddenly and thoroughly debilitating as a herniated disc. If you've experienced one, you know how quickly you can go from feeling completely normal to all at once having ...