Medically reviewed by Brigid Dwyer, MD Key Takeaways The L5-S1 joint can be vulnerable to misalignment or injury. Common causes of pain at L5-S1 include disc herniation and spondylolisthesis.Pain from ...

A TLIF is a type of surgery that focuses on relieving pressure on the lumbar spine discs and stabilizing the spine through fusion. In some cases, a TLIF procedure may be necessary to provide ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite greater operative complexity, inclusion of L5-S1 in oblique lumbar interbody fusion may be safe and ...

Facet joints, or zygapophyseal joints, are true synovial joints in the spine that have been identified as potential pain generators. Medial branch blocks involve the injection of a local anesthetic ...

The comparative effectiveness of performing instrumented (rigid pedicle screws affixed to titanium alloy rods) lumbar spinal fusion in addition to decompressive laminectomy in patients with ...

Herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP), also referred to as a herniated disc, is a common spine pathology that occurs approximately 95% of the time at the L4-L5 or L5-S1 level (Fisher et al., 2004; Asch et ...

Pls help I had a L4/5 fusion last year Nov 2006, lately I've been having losts of pressure (pain) on my right side down the sciatica area and pressure on the buttock area what can be causing this? Ps: ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . When the Charité artificial disc received FDA approval for clinical use in 2004, most spine surgeons thought ...

A common cause for missed days at work or a trip to the emergency room is the intense back and leg pain that comes from a pinched nerve in the lower back. How does this happen? What are the treatment ...

Objective: To describe magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in the lumbar spine in asymptomatic elite adolescent tennis players, to serve as the baseline for a future prospective longitudinal ...