News tagged with lumbar disc
Gene linked to age-related degeneration of intervertebral discs identified
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at King's College London have for the first time identified a gene linked to age-related degeneration of the intervertebral discs in the spine, a common cause of lower back ...
Genetics
Sep 24, 2012 |
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Discectomy post-op pain worse in patients with retrolisthesis
(HealthDay)—The presence of retrolisthesis in patients undergoing decompressive surgery for a lumbar disc herniation may result in significantly worse lower back pain and physical function over four years, ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 16, 2013 |
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Re-op rates ID'd for herniated intervertebral disc disease
(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing surgery for lumbar herniated intervertebral disc disease, reoperation rates reach 13.4 percent after five years, with more than half of reoperations occurring in the ...
Surgery
Apr 16, 2013 |
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Experimental study suggests bone-marrow grafts show promise for some sufferers of low-back pain
A new study suggests that the type of bio-cellular grafts increasingly used by surgeons to repair damaged tissue may be useful for treating low-back pain (LBP). However, not all sufferers responded equally to the novel therapy. ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Lumbar disc herniation surgery is effective for octogenarians
(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 Sp ...
Surgery
Apr 08, 2013 |
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Less benefit for obese with lumbar disc herniation tx
(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 Su ...
Surgery
Feb 08, 2013 |
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Improved driving reaction times after lumbar disc sx
(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 Sp ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 15, 2013 |
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Increased serum metal levels after lumbar disc replacement
(HealthDay)—Serum metal levels of cobalt and chromium are elevated at all postoperative time points up to 36 months following metal-on-metal lumbar disc replacement, according to research published in the ...
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Dec 22, 2012 |
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Review compares surgeries for sciatica due to herniated disc
(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 ...
Surgery
Nov 10, 2012 |
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Incomplete recovery of lumbar discs two years after bed rest
(HealthDay) -- Recovery of the lumbar intervertebral discs following a 60-day period of bed rest is a lengthy process, with recovery incomplete at two years, according to a study published in the June 15 issue ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 22, 2012 |
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Study finds poorer outcomes for obese patients treated for lumbar disc herniation
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, ...
Surgery
Jan 10, 2013 |
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Complications following two-level axial lumbar interbody fusion
Surgeons from the Instituto de Patologia da Coluna in Sao Paulo, Brazil have found that an innovative minimally invasive surgical procedure performed to achieve two-level axial lumbar interbody fusion produced immediate successful ...
Surgery
Jul 20, 2012 |
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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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