lumbar disc herniation (ldh) is the most common cause of sciatica and only in about 10% of the affected patients, surgical intervention is necessary. the side of the patient (the side of most prominent clinical complaints) is usually consistent with the side of imaging (the side with most prominent disc herniation on imaging scans). in this case series, we presented our experience in four cases...

BACKGROUND Back pain due to Lumbar Disc Disease is a major clinical problem. The treatment options range from physiotherapy to fusion surgery. A number of minimally invasive procedures have also been developed in the recent past for its management. Disc-FX is a new minimally invasive technique that combines percutaneous discectomy, nuclear ablation and annular modification. Literature on its ro...

[Purpose] We compared the effectiveness of dry needling with a classical physiotherapy program in patients with chronic low-back pain caused by lumbar disc hernia (LHNP). [Subjects and Methods] In total, 34 subjects were allocated randomly to the study (n=18) and control groups (n=16). In the study group, dry needling was applied using acupuncture needles. The control group performed a home exe...

Intradural disc herniation (IDH) is a rare type of intervertebral disc herniation. It is more common in lumbar region (>90%), however, it has also been known to occur in cervical spine, accounting for less than five percent of cases [1]. The first published case of cervical IDH dates back to 1959 by Morega [2]. To our best knowledge, 35 total cases of cervical are reported following database se...

We aim to identify factors predicting patient dissatisfaction 2 years after discectomy for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) in a Chinese older cohort. Preoperative and 2-year follow-up data for 843 patients were analyzed. After 2 years of discectomy, the patients rated their satisfaction by Patient Satisfaction Index (PSI), with response of 1 or 2 defining satisfaction and a PSI response of 3 or 4 ...

As they described in the background, this study aimed to (1) evaluate the relationship between generalized joint laxity (GJL) and lumbar disc herniation (LDH), and (2) compare clinical outcomes after conservative treatment in LDH patients with and without GJL. We understood that they used both the study group (patients with LDH) and the control group (without LDH) to explain (1), and presented ...

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BACKGROUND The Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) is a prospective, multicenter study of operative versus nonoperative treatment of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation. It has been suggested that epidural steroid injections may help improve patient outcomes and lower the rate of crossover to surgical treatment. METHODS One hundred and fifty-four patients included in the intervert...