To evaluate the diagnostic value of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs), produced by stimulation of the common peroneal nerve of the lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, 43 patients were examined. In addition, recordings of SEPs in patients with spondylolysis and spinal canal stenosis, and in healthy subjects, were also made for the purpose of comparison. In general, there was strong corre...

Lumbar disc herniation is a relatively common disease. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the firstused diagnostic tool for evaluating spinal pathologies and represents adiagnostic gold standard. However, the diagnosis of intervertebral disc herniation can still be very difficult in some cases, even in this MRI era. Considering that little is known about this area, and to share our experience,...

STUDY DESIGN A case report is presented. OBJECTIVE To highlight the potential for spontaneous resolution of large extruded intervertebral lumbar disc herniations in a patient with three independent herniations. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The most effective methods of treatment for lumbar intervertebral disc herniations remain in question. This is partly because the potential for intrinsic s...

Cervical intervertebral disc herniation, or a slipped disc, is a common orthopedic disease in canines. The standard surgical treatment used to relieve the herniation is the ventral slot technique, wherein a small slot is created by drilling into a neighboring vertebral body and the intervertebral space to relieve the pressure. However, the defects created in the disc, vertebral body, and adjace...

Forty canine patients with a presumptive diagnosis of the intervertebral disc herniation at the thoracolumbar region were imaged. A neurological examination was performed and all patients were classified under four grades by the examination. The degrees of attenuation of the herniated disc material were measured in Housefield units (HU) in each image. The ratio of the area to herniated disc mat...

  Even though intervertebral disc degeneration can be found in the natural course of alkaptonuria, detection of the disease by black disc color change in a patient without any other presentation of alkaptonuria is an exceptionally rare condition. We have reported a very rare case of alkaptonuria presented with low back pain and steppage gait in a 51-year-old male with a complaint of chronic low...

even though intervertebral disc degeneration can be found in the natural course of alkaptonuria, detection of the disease by black disc color change in a patient without any other presentation of alkaptonuria is an exceptionally rare condition. we have reported a very rare case of alkaptonuria presented with low back pain and steppage gait in a 51-year-old male with a complaint of chronic low-b...

Lumbar disc herniation is one of the most common spinal degenerative disorders which may lead to low back pain (LBP) and radicular leg pain. However, it remains difficult to diagnose a degenerative herniated disc as the LBP generator in clinical practice. The purpose of this study is to explore the characteristic changes of a herniated disc causing LBP on MRI and to clarify the underlying role ...

Background: Vertebral deconditioning is commonly experienced after space flight and simulation studies. Disc herniation is quadrupled after space flight. Purpose: The main hypothesis formulated by the authors is that microgravity results in intervertebral disc (IVD) swelling. Study Design: The aim of the study was to identify the morphological changes of the spine and their clinical consequence...