Cervical disc disorders encountered in physiatric practice include herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP), degenerative disc disease (DDD), and internal disc disruption (IDD). HNP implies extension of disc material beyond the posterior margin of the vertebral body. Most of the herniation is made up of the annulus fibrosus. DDD involves degenerative annular...

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
disc herniation may vary in severity from disc protrussion to disc extrusion, to finally disc sequestration; - disc containment: - w/ a contained disc herniation, the disc material herniated through the inner annulus but not...

On April 17 at 6 p.m., the Trinity Mother Frances Neuroscience Institute will broadcast a cervical disc replacement procedure on the Internet. Sabatino Bianco, MD, Trinity Clinic Neurosurgeon and Director of the Trinity Mother Frances Neuroscience Institute, will perform an FDA approved cervical disc arthroplasty and will be available via email to answer questions. Victor...

Disorders affecting intervertebral discs include:
* Disc herniation (prolapsed intervertebral disc)
* Degenerative disc disease
* Infection (discitis) Spinal disc problems can lead to symptoms of back pain and/or sciatica. There are many other causes of back pain and/or sciatica but they...

Cervical disc disorders can include:
Disc herniation (prolapsed intervertebral disc)
Degenerative disc disease (cervical spondylosis)
Internal disc disruption
Infection (discitis)

Postprocedural discitis is an infection in the vertebral disc space that may occur following any invasive procedure of the spine, especially those in the low back, and can be difficult to diagnose. The vertebral disc is the soft cushioning material that lies between the bones (called "vertebrae") of the spine....

Advanced Spinal Decompression Using The DRX9000 In Wall NJ (Jersey Shore)
TRACTION VS SPINAL DECOMPRESSION
    Often times, when I first consult with a herniated disc patient, they tell me they just feel like being pulled apart. If there was just a way to pull the bones off of the herniated disc. Well, that's...

Advanced Spinal Decompression Using The DRX9000 In Wall NJ (Jersey Shore)
TRACTION VS SPINAL DECOMPRESSION
    Often times, when I first consult with a herniated disc patient, they tell me they just feel like being pulled apart. If there was just a way to pull the bones off of the herniated disc. Well, that's...

In-depth information on degenerative disc disease (DDD), including diagnosis, causes, and treatments of cervical degenerative disc disease and lumbar degenerative disc disease. Written and peer reviewed by physicians who specialize in spine medicine.

Dr. Russel C. Huang was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College, and the Yale School of Medicine. After completing orthopaedic surgery residency at the Hospital for Special Surgery, Dr. Huang completed fellowship training in spine surgery under Dr. Henry H. Bohlman, considered by many to be the father of...

The human intervertebral disc is an amazing structure that while at first appearance seems simple and static is actually quite the opposite. Each disc articulates with a vertebral body above and below it and provides three crucial services to the spinal column: 1) To support the axial load on the...

Dr. Lee specializes in cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine surgery in the greater Pittsburgh area. He has authored numerous articles and lectured extensively on topics such as cervical disc herniation, cervical myelopathy, cervical disc replacement, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis, lumbar disc replacement, spinal fusion, spine trauma, microsurgical decompression, and non-fusion technologies.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
- disc herniation is uncommon in children; - herniations are most common at the disc spaces between the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae & between 5th lumbar and 1st sacral vertebrae

Epidural Steroid Following Discectomy for Herniated Lumbar Disc Reduces Neurological Impairment and Enhances Recovery: A Randomized Study With Two-Year Follow-up.
Study Design: We randomized 200 patients after lumbar discectomy to receive epidural steroid or none with a 2-year follow-up.
Results: Hospital stay was reduced from 8 to 6 days (P = 0.0001)...

Discussion: - a benign, self-limiting inflammation or infection of an intervertebral disc space or a vertebral end-plate; - it may represent extension of subacute vertebral endplate osteomyelitis which does not ...

A new surgical approach is helping patients with ruptured discs to get back in action with less discomfort along the way. The innovative technique, Minimally Invasive Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF), relieves pressure on the nerve and resulting pain associated with a ruptured disc. Charles L. Branch Jr., M.D., Professor...

Synonyms and related keywords: central stenosis, central canal stenosis, foraminal stenosis, intervertebral foramen stenosis, lateral gutter stenosis, lateral recess stenosis, stenosis, subarticular stenosis, subpedicular stenosis, spinal stenosis, neurogenic claudication, NC, lumbar spinal stenosis, LSS, neural compression, spinal canal narrowing, ligamentum flavum hypertrophy, facet hypertrophy of cephalad vertebra, vertebral body osteophytosis,...

Dr. Nitin Bhatia, a fellowship trained spine surgeon, serves as Director of the Spine Center and Chief of the Spinal Surgery Service in the department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Califoria, Irvine. Non-surgical treatments are utilized primarily, but when surgery is necessary, Dr. Bhatia uses state of the...

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1994 Nov;76(6):870-6. Vertebral growth after posterior spinal fusion for idiopathic scoliosis in skeletally immature adolescents. The effect of growth on spinal deformity.Mullaji AB, Upadhyay SS, Luk KD, Leong JC. Orthopaedic Department, Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital, Hong Kong. We studied 29 girls and one boy with adolescent...

Dr. Bobby KB Tay is based at the UCSF Medical Center on Parnassus Avenue. His clinical focus is the treatment of cervical spine disorders and minimally invasive spinal surgery. He has extensive experience in minimally invasive cervical surgery, cervical disc herniations, and spinal stenosis, cervical disc replacement, and complex cervical reconstruction for both decompression of...

The intervertebral disk is the largest avascular structure in the body. It arises from notochordal cells between the cartilaginous endplates, which regress from about 50% of the disk space at birth to about 5% in the adult, with chondrocytes replacing the notochordal cells. Intervertebral disks are located in the spinal...

Acute cervical spine injury has been associated with sports such as football, gymnastics, rugby, ice hockey, and diving. Athletes with cervical disc injury may present with neck pain, radicular pain, quadriparesis, or quadriplegia secondary to myelopathy. This article intends to outline the etiopathology, evaluation, and treatment of cervical disc disease....

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is being increasingly applied for the evaluation of degenerative disc disease in preference to x-ray computed tomography (CT). Unlike the comparison of MRI and CT in the brain, however, there is still a significant number of uses for CT in the evaluation of the extramedullary spinal column. Some of these...

The Chiropractors at CT Spine And Disc Center offer a wide range of Chiropractic Services and therapies to help with lower back pain, neck pain, fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel syndrome and auto accident injuries. They also use DRX9000 Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression for severe back pain and sciatica from herniated, bulging or...

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