Patients presenting with acute low back pain alone are therefore unlikely to have a disc prolapse. Lumbar intervertebral disc prolapse is most prevalent between the ages of 30–50 years, and the L5/S1 ...

Methods 102 patients were admitted to our neurosurgical unit between January 2012 and February 2016, presenting with a single-level, post-traumatic A1 or A2 Mager l type fracture, affecting the ...

Background Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) of the lumbar region may be accompanied by thoracic fractures. Treating only the lumbar fractures can lead to worsening of the thoracic ...

Approximately 10 months earlier, she experienced acute pain in the (thoracic-lumbar) mid-spine during a training camp, on the uneven bar. She reported no acute trauma. The pain was located at the ...

Additionally, no significant differences based on the number of thoracic vertebral fractures, presence of lumbar vertebral fractures, smoking habit, BMI, COPD phenotypes and other subgroups explored ...

The condition can occur in the cervical spine (neck), thoracic spine (mid back) or the lumbar spine (lower back). Cervical and lumbar stenosis are the most common forms, with lumbar spinal stenosis ...

From top to bottom, these are: The cervical spine (the neck) – the first seven vertabrae located just below the skull The thoracic spine – the 12 vertabrae of the upper back The lumbar spine – the ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted two 510 (k) clearances for implants which restore the integrity of ...

MRI of the lumbar spine showed diffuse osseous disease of the lower thoracic and lumbar spine with extension into the right sacroiliac joint and S2 neural foramen without vertebral body collapse or ...