News tagged with disc herniation
Biomarker may signal whether common back pain treatment will work, doctor finds
A new study from researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has identified a unique protein complex that can be used to predict whether an epidural steroid injection will help relieve pain caused by a herniated ...
Medical research
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Surgical treatment within six months of lumbar disc herniation
A new study in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) found that patients with herniated lumbar disc symptoms were significantly worse if the patients had symptoms for more than six months prior to treatment, compared to t ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Good stability with artificial disc plus cage fusion
(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 ...
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Aug 10, 2012 |
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Spine MRIs often show harmless 'defects,' study finds
(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.
Medical research
Mar 13, 2013 |
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