STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional study of cases with conjoined lumbar nerve root anomalies. OBJECTIVE: To provide a description of presenting symptoms and clinical signs of conjoined ...

Sciatic nerve pain (also called sciatica or lumbar radiculopathy) affects your lower back and can radiate to the thighs and legs. The pain occurs due to compression at the root of the sciatic ...

Along with lifting your legs, your physician may ask you to extend your foot and flex your neck to stretch your nerve roots. Some other tests used to test for lumbar radicular syndrome include ...

The sciatic nerve is a bundle of nerves, which is the culmination of the lumbar nerve roots as they course down the back of the leg. The sciatic nerve is both motor and sensory and provides ...

extension into the lumbosacral nerve roots or hydronephrosis is likely. Hematouria and rectal bleeding suggest invasion of the bladder or rectum. In any case, the gynecologist must always carry ...