Background: Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is the most common cause of radiculopathy;
patients with severe pain refractory to conservative management or neurological deficits are …

Study design: Systematic review. Objective or clinical question: What clinical and
radiological findings in patients with lumbar-herniated nucleus pulposus can serve as …

Upper and lower lumbar disc herniation apparently have different background, symptoms,
and operative results. This retrospective study reviewed the clinical records of 403 patients …

Clinical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Factors Which May Predict the Need for Surgery
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ABSTRACT Objective: The Michigan State University (MSU) classification of lumbar disc
herniation (LDH) is periodically used by various authors to classify disc herniation. We …

Introduction Although the anatomy and pathology of lumbar disc herniation (LDH) have
been clearly defined and classified in many studies, its imaging definition and classification …

Abstract Currently, there are over 300,000 lumbar discectomies performed in the US
annually without an objective standard for patient selection. A prospective clinical outcome …

Purpose Surgery for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is most often elective, but intense pain
may require more urgent, non-elective, treatment. It was hypothesized that non-elective …

Objective: The aim of this work was to elucidate the relation between the clinical course and
morphologic changes of lumbar disc herniation on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …

This study was designed to determine the prognostic factors in unilateral lumbar
radiculopathy due to herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP); this was done by prospectively …