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Significance of the straight-leg-raising test in the diagnosis and clinical evaluation of lower lumbar intervertebral-disc protrusion.
The cases of 113 patients who had protrusion of a lumbar intervertebral disc were analyzed to determine the relationship between the findings at operation and the location of the pain that ...
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Current and Future Approaches to Lumbar Disc Surgery (A Literature Review)
These include lumbar stenosis, lateral recess stenosis, or synovial joint cysts. A sequestered or free fragment, or a disc protrusion with a narrow base on CT discography are also ...
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A pilot study of the prevalence of lumbar disc degeneration in elite athletes with lower back pain at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
Objectives: To observe the prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in elite athletes as compared with published literature of changes seen in non-athletes—that is, normal population.