Examination demonstrated proximal left leg weakness. His HBA1c was 104 mmol/mo. CSF was unremarkable. Neurophysiology confirmed a left lumbosacral plexopathy. Given the significant pain he was ...

We've spent thousands of hours testing the best office chairs on the market, and one term you'll find scattered throughout our top reviews is "lumbar support." We often explain how a chair is a ...

Nurses and nurse midwives have historically considered patient education one of their most important responsibilities. Increasingly, however, appropriate and comprehensive patient education has ...

The pain usually subsides with rest. Although most recover without surgery, patients with large midline lumbar HNPs may suffer significant neurological impairment. Cauda equina syndrome is caused ...

Epidural glucocorticoid injection is an intervention commonly used for managing lumbosacral radicular pain. The goal of the injection is to administer glucocorticoids to the epidural space to ...

Spinal arthritis is the inflammation of the joints between the bones in your spine or the joints connecting your spine to your pelvis. Spinal arthritis can be caused by autoimmune diseases, wear and ...

The condition can occur in the cervical spine (neck), thoracic spine (mid back) or the lumbar spine (lower back). Cervical and lumbar stenosis are the most common forms, with lumbar spinal stenosis ...

Although a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) can measure spinal fluid pressure, continual intracranial pressure monitoring over 24 hours or more may be more appropriate for diagnosis when your doctor wants ...

compression is confined to the lumbar spine (low back) below the conus medullaris (the lower part of the spinal cord). You do not need to experience all the signs of cauda equina syndrome for a ...

The nerve conduction and quantitative sensation results in the upper limbs were normal throughout pregnancy. Initial needle EMG (at 16 weeks of gestation) showed evidence of an old left brachial ...