A lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is a common test doctors use to check for signs of MS in your spinal fluid. But a lumbar puncture on its own isn’t enough to confirm an MS diagnosis. Diagnosing ...

This study included patients with symptoms suggesting lumbar radiculopathy. Patients were recruited by screening and referral from general practitioners, and those with large disc herniation ...

Sciatica and lumbar radiculopathy are terms often used interchangeably to describe pain that radiates from the lower back down one or both legs. These conditions can affect anyone, but they are ...

The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5. These bones help provide mobility and stability to your back and spinal column and are an attachment point for many ...

What may initially appear to be a classic presentation of a common condition in this case sciatic radiculopathy from ... scan of the lumbar spine and referred her for neurosurgical consultation ...

cervical and lumbar radiculopathy, and many others. “At the end of the day, we treat patients, not pictures. Sometimes what we see on imaging does not clearly explain a patient’s symptoms ...

In sciatica based on a lower lumbar radiculopathy the gluteal nerves are affected. An incidental low-back derangement, a low-back derangement that presented with a herniated inter-vertebral disk ...

However, in patients with new-onset lumbar radiculopathy, 15% to 40% will experience chronic pain or a relapse of pain. Condoliase, a biological product derived from foreign proteins, essentially ...

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal that causes compression of the spinal cord and/or nerve roots. Resulting pain and numbness (in the hands, arms, legs, and/or feet) can vary depending ...

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 ...

The desire for a minimally invasive technique to restore intervertebral disc height for indirect decompression and sagittal and coronal alignment while preserving posterior structures resulted in ...

highly selective NaV1.8 pain signal inhibitor in people with painful lumbosacral radiculopathy (LSR). The study met its primary endpoint with statistically significant and clinically meaningful ...