The lumbosacral joint connects these bones. L5-S1 is vulnerable to misalignment and injury. It can also be the site of a disc ...

Symptomatic areas for the L5 and S1 ... treatment advice. The need for evaluation by a surgeon was considered on an individual basis, and the final choice of surgery was decided by the patient and ...

Thus, a left L5-S1 disc herniation compresses the left S1 nerve root. The nucleus pulposus is posterior in the annulus and the posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL) is midline, creating a somewhat ...

The incidence of disc/vertebral degeneration and disc herniation was investigated at the L4-5 and L5-S1 level in lumbosacral magnetic resonans imaging of patients with and without congenital ...

We present a case report of a 33-year-old woman with back pain for several months which was resistant to medical treatment. Thoracolumbar MRI and multidetector CT showed an aneurysmal bone cyst ...

The FDA has granted 510 (k) clearance to an expandable lateral lumbar interbody system. U.S. Court–Middle District Florida ...

Disc height reduction was also found to be most common at the L5/S1 level. However, the most common height reduction was only mild. A similar trend of increased prevalence of disc herniation was noted ...

The mean treatment effect for the primary ... and disc degeneration at L4–L5 and/or L5–S1, were eligible to participate in the study. Exclusion criteria were: widespread myofascial pain; spinal ...