[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 ...

Among the patients who visit the hospital due to back pain, the most diagnosed disease is 'intervertebral disc ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510 (k) clearance to a standalone lateral lumbar interbody fusion device from the internationally renowned surgeon Randal Betz, M.D.’s company, ...

During the change of seasons when the daily temperature difference between day and night increases, it is easy to be exposed ...

The authors examined the contribution of genetic factors, lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) and other risk factors in a female sample ... 24 The following radiographic coding on a scale of 0–3 was made ...

A posterior annular tear is a painful condition characterized by tear or rupture in the annulus fibrosus (outer layer of an ...