I Have a 29-Year-Old Male With a Large Central Disc Herniation at L4-5. He States That He Has Had Difficulty With Urination. How Do I Make Sure He Does Not Have Cauda Equina Syndrome?

In a single-center trial, we randomly assigned patients with sciatica that had lasted for 4 to 12 months and lumbar disk herniation at the L4–L5 or L5–S1 level in a 1:1 ratio to undergo ...

Background Chronic spinal disc disease leads to disorders in postural movement coordination and deteriorates postural stability.1 Recent studies suggest that subjects with lumbar disc herniation (LDH) ...

Herniated L3-4 Disk: (Left) T2-weighted sagittal MRI of the lumbosacral spine; (Right Upper) T2-weighted axial MRI at the L3-4 level; (Right Lower) T2-weighted axial MRI at the L5 level.On the ...

Background Lumbar disc herniation has a prevalence of up to 58% in the athletic population. Lumbar discectomy is a common surgical procedure to alleviate pain and disability in athletes. We ...

Given the reports of motor nerve issues and hip pain, it is likely that the L4/5 disc was the problem. (Certain nerves come out between certain vertebrae, which makes this kind of deduction possible.) ...