For adults with symptomatic lumbar disc herniation, unilateral biportal endoscopic (UBE) microdiscectomy is associated with longer operating times and with lower pain medication consumption in the ...

(HealthDay)—The presence of retrolisthesis in patients undergoing decompressive surgery for a lumbar disc herniation may result in significantly worse lower back pain and physical function over four ...

Patients with a symptomatic, single-level, lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus had a low likelihood of requiring fusion after they underwent microdiscectomy, according to results published in Global ...

Introduction: Full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy (ELD) can be performed using either the transforaminal (TELD) or interlaminar (IELD) approach. Although both techniques are widely used, the optimal ...

Lumbar radicular pain, also known as sciatica, refers to pain that begins in the lower back and radiates down the leg. It is commonly caused by a herniated (or prolapsed) lumbar intervertebral disc.

Lumbar disc herniation occurs when the nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disc protrudes through a tear in the surrounding annulus fibrosus. Symptoms include pain in the back or leg, and numbness ...