STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. PURPOSE The objective of the study is to evaluate the relationship between the detection rate of lumbar disc herniation and socioeconomic status. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Income is one important determinant of public health. Yet, there are no reports about the relationship between socioeconomic status and the detective rate of disc herniation. METHODS In th...

background & aim: low back pain is the most debilitating condition, and can lead to decreased physical function, compromised quality of life, and psychological distress. several studies has conducted to recognize the risk factors of lbp, but despite of strong relationship between obesity and lbp, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship betwe...

Background Lumbar disc herniation is a major cause of radicular pain, but the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. Spinal activation of src-family kinases are involved in the development of chronic pain from nerve injury, inflammation, and cancer. In the present study, the role of src-family kinases activation in lumbar disc herniation-induced radicular pain was investigated. Results L...

BACKGROUND Intervertebral disc herniation is a major cause of low back pain. Several treatment methods are available for lumbar disc herniation including Chemonucleolysis, open surgery, nucleoplasty, laser disc decompression, and intradiscal electrothermal therapy. The high prevalence of lumbar disc herniation necessitates a minimally invasive yet effective treatment method. In this study, we c...

Cervical disc herniation is a common disorder characterized by neck pain radiating to the arm and fingers as determined by the affected dermatome. This condition has a favorable prognosis, but pain can have a serious detrimental impact on daily activities. Epidural neuroplasty has been applied as a treatment option for cervical disc herniation; however, no study has addressed the clinical outco...

The report describes the herniation of a huge migrated cervical disc, which was treated by a combined anterior approach. A 50-year-old man presented with radiculopathy and myelopathy. Radiological images revealed the herniation of a huge disc which had migrated superiorly from the C6-7 disc to the C5-6 disc. We tried to combine an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and transcorporea...

BACKGROUND Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is considered the mainstay imaging investigation in patients suspected of lumbar disc herniations. Both imaging and clinical findings determine the final decision of surgery. The objective of this study was to assess MRI observer variation in patients with sciatica who are potential candidates for lumbar disc surgery. METHODS Patients for this study...

The records of 403 patients treated for herniated lumbar disc disease were analysed in a retrospective observational study in order to verify how three outcome measures, i.e., satisfaction with the outcome of surgery, the degree of return to activities of daily living including work (ADL), and duration of interruption of ADL, may be influenced by clinical variables. Age, type of disc herniation...

Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a three-dimensional (3D) turbo spin-echo (TSE) sequence for determining lumbar disc protrusions, and to compare the findings with those of conventional two-dimensional (2D) TSE sequences and reveal the interobserver and intermethod agreements of both sequences. Methods. A total of 127 discs from 84 patients were evaluated by three...

A retrospective review of computed tomograms (CT) was performed in eight patients who underwent surgery for presumed reherniation of a lumbar disc. The CT scan in the three patients with surgically proven extradural scarring and no disc herniation, demonstrated distinct characteristics of perineural fibrosis which differed markedly from the uniform changes seen on the scans of the five patients...