The current first-line treatment options for symptomatic lumbar disc degeneration cannot modify the disease process or restore the normal structure, composition, and biomechanical function of the ...

1 Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China 2 Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese ...

You may be able to prevent degenerative disc disease (DDD), or limit its effects, by making lifestyle changes to lower your weight, get more exercise, stop smoking, and more. Physical exercise is ...

so the adjacent segment degeneration is one of the common complications. The prominent advantage of artificial lumbar disc replacement is that the postoperative segment can retain intervertebral ...

Many aspects of the physiology of the intervertebral disc (IVD) show clear diurnal rhythms. However, it is unknown whether IVD tissue contains functional circadian clocks and if so, how their ...

Degenerative ... disc disease is extremely rare. Intrigued by this fact and how it might apply to humans, researchers in Toronto, Canada, decided to conduct a gene expression study on ...

[4] The disc is removed ... pressure from the spinal nerves and to realign and stabilize the spinal segment. Bony material (either autograft or allograft) is placed into the intervertebral space ...

Introduction Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis ... Mild, moderate or severe lumbar central canal spinal stenosis identified by MRI or CT scan. Central stenosis will be classified mainly based on the ...

Progressive compression caused by lumbar disk herniation leads to loss of bladder sensation and voiding difficulty due to an acontractile detrusor. Objective: Our objective in this study was to ...

Researchers at Uppsala University have pioneered a gel that could revolutionize the treatment of disc herniation. The ...

Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a gel inspired by cow slime for patients suffering from disk herniation. By ...