OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine if occupational exposure to whole-body vibration is associated with cervical intervertebral disc herniation among container truck drivers. METHODS We conducted a walk-through survey among container truck drivers and unexposed workers. We also measured the vibration hazard of the container truck over the driver's back and seat when the driver was loading...

UNLABELLED THE OBJECT OF STUDY: Analysis of surgical treatment results in patients with recurrent lumbar disc herniation by transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) and repeated laminotomy and discectomy for the improvement of pain and disability. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data analysis was performed on a complex diagnosis and treatment of 56 patients with recurrent lumbar disc herniation who...

It is commonly accepted that the common cause of acute/chronic pain in the distribution of the lumbosacral nerve roots is the herniation of a lumbar intervertebral disc, unless proven otherwise. The surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation is successful in radicular pain and prevents or limits neurological damage in the majority of patients. Recurrence of sciatica after a successful disc su...

Tophaceous gout involving the intervertebral disc is rare and may present with neurologic symptoms secondary to spinal cord or nerve root compression. We report a case of a 50-year-old male with a history of hyperuricemic gout who received intermittent medical treatment and had a history of alcoholism. Quadriparesis developed over a period of one month. Magnetic resonance imaging of the cervica...

background & aim: lumbosacral pain is extremely common as age increases. spinal instrumentation is sometimes recommended for lumbar canal stenosis and disk herniation surgery. this study aimed at studying the frequency of instrumentation in patients referring to our center. methods & materials/patients: this retrospective cross-sectional study included 1200 patients with low back and/or radicul...