A seaman is suing the United States government over injuries he sustained while he was an employee aboard one of the merchant marine vessels stationed just off the coast of ...
The pathophysiological basis of accelerated degeneration of the intervertebral disc (IVD) and its contribution to the formation of spine osteoarthritis ... Results In 64% of patients IVD hernias were ...
F. García Vacas et al. [13] presented a novel disc prosthesis that can function as either a constrained or an unconstrained design. A calibrated finite element model of the L4 - L5 lumbar segment was ...
Background: Beside symptoms and clinical signs radiological findings are crucial in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). We investigate which quantitative radiological signs are ...
Sciatica occurs when the nerve roots that form the sciatic nerve, L4, L5, S1, S2, and S3 are compressed, causing pain in the leg. Sciatica can be caused by any number of conditions, including a ...
What is LLIF/XLIF surgery? Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) is a minimally invasive surgery that helps treat low back pain by removing a damaged spinal disc and fusing the pain-generating spinal ...