Expediency in using traction therapy for treatment of lumbar disc disease

Lumbar disc disease.

Demographic Characteristics and Family History of Lumbar Problems in Candidates for Lumbar Disc Degenerative Diseases Surgery

Background and Aim: Previous studies have reported the important effect of age, sex, heredity, and occupational status on intervertebral degenerative dick diseases, which are among the most important causes of low back pain. However, their results are not always so conclusive. This study was performed to investigate the demographic characteristics and family history of lumbar problems in patien...

Clinical Outcomes of Total Disc Replacement Versus Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease

STUDY DESIGN The authors performed a retrospective controlled study of patients diagnosed with lumbar degenerative disc disease who received surgical intervention (either total disc replacement [TDR]/Activ-L or anterior lumbar interbody fusion [ALIF]) at a single tertiary-care hospital from 2007-2010. OBJECTIVES To investigate the clinical outcomes after TDR in comparison with ALIF for surgic...

Total Disc Arthroplasty for Treating Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease

STUDY DESIGN Lumber disc arthroplasty is a technological advancement that has occurred in the last decade to treat lumbar degenerative disk diseases. PURPOSE The aim of this retrospective study was to establish the impact and outcomes of managing patients with lumbar degenerative disk disease who have been treated with lumbar total disc arthroplasty (TDA). OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Several stu...

Instrumented transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in surgical treatment of recurrent disc herniation

  Background :The incidence of recurrence in patients undergoing primary discectomy due to lumbar disc herniation (LDH), is regularly reported as 5-15%. In this study we aimed to evaluate surgical outcome of instrumented transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) in the patients suffering from recurrent LDH.   Methods : We retrospectively studied 51 patients (30 female, 21 male) from August ...