MRI demonstrated an L5–S1 left paracentral disc herniation causing severe lateral recess stenosis. Endoscopic decompression revealed conjoined lumbosacral nerve roots. Laminotomies and discectomy ...

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 ...

Herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP), also referred to as a herniated disc, is a common spine pathology that occurs approximately 95% of the time at the L4-L5 or L5-S1 level (Fisher et al., 2004; Asch ...

especially for central or paracentral disc herniation. We are performing a new surgical technique, microsurgical posterior herniotomy with en bloc laminoplasty, for patients with myelopathy and ...