HILLSDALE, MI – Hillsdale Hospital has completed its first lumbar total disc replacement surgery, making it the only facility ...

Full-endoscopic uniportal surgery with a new interlaminar and lateral transforaminal approach may replace open nucleotomy of sequestered disc prolapses as the choice treatment for lumbar disc ...

Those living with herniated discs now have a less invasive surgery as an option that can repair the damaged disc microscopically.Having a herniated disc is painful, and having traditional spinal ...

Background Lumbar disc herniation has a prevalence of up to 58% in the athletic population. Lumbar discectomy is a common surgical procedure to alleviate pain and disability in athletes. We ...

Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Afyon, Turkey, Vakif Gureba Training Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey and Yeditepe University Faculty of ...

Herniated disc is said to occur when the intervertebral disc between the two vertebrae of the spine protrudes or herniates into the spinal canal and compresses the spinal nerves that travel through ...

If a Patient has been injured a along time ago and is now experiencing back pain though the front and back at L4 area and been told the discs is bulging would therapy help or surgery a better option.

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