He says, “I’m sure I slipped a disk,” and he requests magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the low back. What testing and treatment would you recommend? Herniated lumbar disks are the leading ...

L5-S1 is vulnerable to misalignment and injury. It can also be the site of a disc herniation or a spine disorder called spondylolisthesis. The spinal column is the structure that allows you to ...

Lumbar disc herniation refers ... are commonly used to confirm the diagnosis: MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging): The gold standard for diagnosing disc herniation, MRI provides detailed images ...

Results The prevalence of disc herniation was 77.8% ... 1.74 (95% CI 1.04–2.93) for L5, and 1.29 (95% CI 0.97–1.72) for S1 nerve root impingement. An overall clinical evaluation, concluding ...

A similar trend of increased prevalence of disc herniation was noted with more caudal levels. At the L5/S1 level, 58% were found to have an ... During the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, MRI scans of ...

I say ‘was’ because I just recently had a microdiscectomy on my L5-S1. After my MRI it was discovered ... sure if you had a free disc fragment that was removed or a herniated disc that was ...

Schmorl’s nodes are a type of herniated ... MRI to gradually subside. If this conservative treatment approach brings no relief from symptoms, doctors may consider surgery to remove the damaged disc.

Abbreviations AUC: Area under the curve; CI: Confidence interval; CT: Computer tomography; LR: Likelihood ratio; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; ROC: Receiver ...