A 13-year-old girl with calcified intervertebral disc herniations at C7/Th1 and Th1/2 causing myelopathy was performed with laminoplasty . Postoperative course was without complication, and the ...

IT IS common knowledge that there is considerable difference of opinion in the medical profession concerning the methods and efficiency of the treatment of posterior protrusions of the nucleus ...

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 ...

Few injuries are as suddenly and thoroughly debilitating as a herniated disc. If you've experienced one, you know how quickly you can go from feeling completely normal to all at once having trouble ...

Dr. Vitaly Gordin answers the question: 'How Do I Know I Have A Herniated Disc?' — -- Question: What Is A Herniated Disc And How Do I Know If I Have One? Answer: In order to answer this question, ...

Study design: Case report of a 68-year-old male who sustained cervical trauma following a bodysurfing accident. Objective: To describe the pathology of a relatively uncommon mechanism of injury ...

Your MRI report says that you have a herniated disc in your lumbar spine. This sounds scary and could be the source of your back and/or leg pain. Here is what you need to know and what your doctor ...

September 15, 2008 — Standard open diskectomy is moderately cost-effective compared with nonsurgical treatment, a new study shows. Reporting in the September 1 issue of Spine, researchers found the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transforaminal percutaneous endoscopic surgery was found to be an effective, minimally invasive method to ...

The spine is made up of bones, ligaments, nerves, and intervertebral discs, but we’re going to focus on the intervertebral discs. Situated between the bones of the spine, the intervertebral discs have ...