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 ...

Lumbar disc hernias can be alleviated with conservative treatments such as painkillers in around 80% of cases, but for the remaining 20%, surgery was the only way to control the pain. However ...

One of the most common causes of nerve pinching in your lower back is from a herniated lumbar disc. Your spinal column ... tried and failed at conservative treatment and your surgeon recommends ...

Objective To identify the reason of the lower back pain, a detailed MRI analysis of disk degeneration (DD ... of five intervertebral disks (L1/2 to L5/S1) on MRI using Pfirrmann's classification.