http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—For octogenarian patients with lumbar disc herniation, unilateral laminectomy and discectomy seems safe and effective, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-lumbar-disc-herniation-surgery-effective.html Surgery Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:30:01 EST news284661587 (HealthDay)—Even though expensive MRIs produce very detailed images for assessing back pain, they may not be very good at evaluating results after treatment, research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-spine-mris-harmless-defects.html Medical research Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:43:24 EST news282418997 (HealthDay)—Obese patients derive less benefit from both operative and non-operative lumbar disc herniation treatment, according to a study published in the Jan. 2 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-benefit-obese-lumbar-disc-herniation.html Surgery Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:20:01 EST news279539652 (HealthDay)—Driving reaction times (DRTs), which are increased for patients with radiculopathy, improve after lumbar disc surgery, according to a study published in the November issue of the European Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-reaction-lumbar-disc-sx.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:11:28 EST news277477836 While obese patients are more likely to have surgical treatment for lumbar disc herniation – a slipped or ruptured disc – than nonobese patients, obesity increases operative time, blood loss and length of hospital stay, according to new research published in the January 2013 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS). Overall, obese patients had poorer outcomes with surgical and nonsurgical treatments for lumbar disc herniation than nonobese patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-poorer-outcomes-obese-patients-lumbar.html Surgery Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:22:26 EST news277053736 (HealthDay)—Almost half of patients whose primary care physicians recommend a lumbosacral or cervical spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan go on to receive a surgical consultation, but few end up undergoing spinal surgery, according to research published in the Jan. 1 issue of Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-surgery-common-mri-spine.html Surgery Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:05:29 EST news276354292 (HealthDay)—No conclusions can be drawn with regard to the comparative efficacy of open, microscopic, and tubular discectomy surgical techniques to treat sciatica due to a herniated disc, according to the results of a systematic literature review published in the November issue of the European Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-surgeries-sciatica-due-herniated-disc.html Surgery Sat, 10 Nov 2012 07:00:02 EST news271749246 (HealthDay) -- For patients with multi-level cervical disc herniation, artificial cervical disc replacement and adjacent segment cage fusion achieves definite stabilization and satisfactory mobility, according to research published online July 24 in the Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-good-stability-artificial-disc-cage.html Other Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:52:20 EST news263821924