Lumbar stenosis is a common spinal condition that affects millions of people, particularly older adults. It occurs when the spinal canal located in the lower back experiences narrowing, putting ...

Dr. Jeff Lehmen, a spine surgeon at SSM St. Mary's Hospital, said this assumption could be a sign of lumbar disk herniation, ...

The use of smartphones for a long time has led to 'tech neck', causing a hunched cervical spine and even spinal cord damage.

Currently, MRI is the most effective method for the diagnosis of intervertebral disc herniation (1). MRI has revealed that the most common sites of LDH are the lumbar spine regions L4–L5 and L5–S1 (4) ...

Lumbar disc herniation refers to the condition in ... MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging): The gold standard for diagnosing disc herniation, MRI provides detailed images of soft tissues, including ...

While MRI is a valuable tool for visualizing structural changes ... which could be explained by the use of disc tissues from patients with lumbar disc herniation as the control group, because we were ...

This time, a different physician considered a broader range of possible diagnoses, including herniated disc ... to the MRI results, Darrow underwent an emergency decompressive lumbar laminectomy ...