Objectives Evidence comparing the effectiveness of surgical and conservative treatment of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation is controversial. We sought to compare short-term and long-term ...

and people can get well from a disc herniation non-operatively some of the time. The way to assess a non-operative vs. a surgical treatment plan is by using the size of the fragment and other ...

Background and purpose Although the standard treatment for lumbar disc herniation is lumbar microdiscectomy, nucleoplasty offers a new technique with encouraging results in well selected cases.

Oxygen-ozone therapy is an emerging treatment option for individuals suffering from disc herniation and low back pain. This therapy involves the injection of a mixture of oxygen and ozone gas into ...

Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) affects millions globally, with annual healthcare costs exceeding $100 billion in the United States alone, driving increasing interest in minimally invasive radiological ...

Pedro Gil was hardly able to move before he came to The Johns Hopkins Hospital for treatment in 2017. Gil, a resident of the Dominican Republic, had struggled with a thoracic disc herniation for 10 ...

The mean treatment effect for the primary outcome was 1.1 ... Exclusion criteria were: widespread myofascial pain; spinal stenosis with reduced walking distance and neurological signs; disc herniation ...

Treatment and care are always required to ... as the body can often partially or sometimes completely resorb the disc herniation," says Gatto. "The chemical irritation often also dissipates." ...

A prior conventional MRI described a large L2–L3 left paramedian disc herniation. As no treatment succeeded to relieve the symptoms, surgery was indicated. During the operation, no hernia was found in ...

with conservative 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 surgeon. The inclusion ...

Discography: This test uses a needle guided by a type of X-ray to identify the spinal disc causing pain. Mild or moderate symptoms can often be treated without surgery, an approach the OHSU Spine ...

It discusses other factors in diagnosis, including treatment options and how your healthcare provider can determine if they ...