Despite greater operative complexity, inclusion of L5-S1 in oblique lumbar interbody fusion may be safe and feasible with no increase in early complications, according to published results. Chirag ...

Understanding spinal fusion means knowing the procedure, recovery process, potential risks, and how it can help treat chronic ...

L3-L4-L5-S1 If you’ve had back pain, you know what those represent. You may have had one combination or the other. I have all three. So for the next few days, I will be out…getting that taken ...

Aurora Spine today announced surgeons have performed the first procedures using the company’s Aero Lumbar Fusion System.

The intervertebral space L4-L5 and L5-S1 were viewed using AP and lateral projection and negative contrast technique. Moderate degenerative changes intervertebral space L4-L5 and L5-S1 with decreased ...

The health-care facility is one of the first in the area to offer the surgery, according to a recent announcement.

Loss of normal lordosis means that the normal curve is straightened out ( usually due to muscle spasm), space narrowing refer to the disc spaces between vertebrae and spondylopathy L5/S1 means that ...

The MRI showed a “compression deformity of the L4 vertebral body,” with spinal stenosis at L3-4 and L5-S1. Is this awful pain permanent? Can I never go on walks or bike again?

Jason Cuellar, MD, PhD, had the unique opportunity to develop and execute a multi-level disc replacement with his patient, endoscopic spine surgeon Scott Adelman, MD. Dr. Adelman suffered lower back ...

Axial MRI of the Lumbar Spine - T2 weighted image at the L4 level. On this view centered over the L4-L5 disk, one can see well the cauda equina surrounded by CSF (note that CSF is bright on ...