Results: Based on a large number of comparative studies, plain discography is less accurate than magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosing lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus and comparable or slightly more sensitive in detecting degenerative disc disease. For disc degeneration, CT discography remains the gold standard for diagnosis. There are very few studies comparing surgical outcomes between p...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION Posterior epidural migration of thoracic disc herniation is extremely rare but may occur in the same manner as in the lumbar spine. CASE PRESENTATION A 53-year-old Japanese man experienced sudden onset of incomplete paraplegia after lifting a heavy object. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a posterior epidural mass compressing the spinal cord at the T9-T10 level. ...

Backache, with or without sciatica nerve or femoral involvement, affects 90% of the population at least once in their lives and is one of the major causes of working days lost in the western world . Until 15 years ago surgery was the treatment of choice. Nowadays the trend is to adopt conservative treatments given the many limitations of surgery in terms of short and long-term pain resolution ....

background the purpose of this study was to evaluate the characteristics, management, and outcomes of disc battery ingestion in children. methods we reviewed the medical records of children admitted to mofid children's hospital due to disc battery ingestion from january 2006 to january 2010. clear history, clinical symptoms and results of imaging studies revealed diagnosis of disc battery inges...

To establish a minimally invasive rat model of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) to better understand the pathophysiology of the human condition. The annulus fibrosus of lumbar level 4-5 (L4-5) and L5-6 discs were punctured by 27-gauge needles using the posterior approach under C-arm fluoroscopic guidance. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), histological examination by hematoxylin and...

BACKGROUND Patients with cervical disc disease may present with radiculopathy (root compression), myelopathy (cord compression), or myeloradiculopathy. These complaints must be correlated with x-ray, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and computed tomographic (CT) scans. Although most patients can be managed nonsurgically, those with significant neurological deficits and larger disc herniations m...

Surgical treatment of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation is one of the most common neurosurgical procedures. Besides conventional surgical techniques, in the last more than 30 years, different methods with minimal damage to neuromuscular spine structures are being developed and introduced, all having the purpose of reducing postoperative back pain. The advantages of the minimally invasive sp...