Q: Are there any other treatment options besides surgery? A: Other treatment options include, chemonucleosis, where an- enzyme chymopapain is injected into the disc under X-ray control. The enzyme ...

MRI Patterns in Disc Prolapse, Degenerative Disease Described Patients with back pain and degenerative disc disease (DDD) have different patterns of lumbar disc degeneration than patients with disc ...

Sciatica is pain that starts in the back and radiates down one of the legs. It is quite a common complaint. It is caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve which runs down into the leg. The cause of ...

Caudaequina syndrome: Caudaequina is the bunch of nerves that emerge from the lower end of the spinal cord. Sudden and large disc protrusion in this region cause caudaequina syndrome, which can cause ...

Prolapse is a common medical condition that occurs when the structures designed to keep organs in place weaken or stretch, causing them to literally “fall out of place.” The term can be used to ...

Neurosurgeon to the Spinal Injuries Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital and Departments of Neurosurgery, Royal North Shore and Dalcross Private Hospitals, Sydney, Australia Centre for Health, Exercise ...

Describing the pain as “excruciating,” Holmes explained that he was rushed to Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital Spinal Injuries unit via the A&E unit at the city’s Ulster Hospital in the early hours ...

Australian influencer and fashion brand founder Sasha Morpeth is sharing health updates following an unexpected artificial disc replacement surgery in her neck that she recently underwent. Morpeth, 26 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Investigators from India discovered several significant differences between patients with ...

A prolapsed intervertebral disc. Graphic: Graphic News Juila Day writes... "You've had plenty of time to write your novel, then?" was the question most likely to have me spitting feathers last year ...

Sciatica is pain that starts in the back and radiates down one of the legs. It is quite a common complaint. It is caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve which runs down into the leg. The cause of ...