It may even contribute to a narrowing of the spinal canal itself, also known as lumbar spinal stenosis, which often leads to pain, weakness, numbness or tingling in the leg. What does it mean that my ...

What is lumbar ... spine, especially between the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae and between the fifth lumbar vertebra and the first sacral vertebra (the L4-L5 and L5-S1 levels). Lumbar disk disease ...

The lumbar spine usually curves slightly inward, called lordosis. Problems with the lumbar spine may cause pain and limited motion in your back or hips. In a normal, healthy spine ... the lumbosacral ...

Upon presentation, her back pain had nearly resolved ... A review of her MRI scan revealed a large herniated disc at the L5-S1 level on the right, compressing the right S1 nerve root (Figs ...

Objective: To describe magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in the ... most often at L4/5 and L5/S1 levels (12 of 15 discs). Conclusions: Abnormalities were frequent, predominately in the lower ...

Most disc herniations occur at the bottom of the spine at the L4/5 and/or L5/S1 discs ... that allows you to return to your normal activities. Shooting pain in your leg is often caused by problems in ...

“For patients with lumbar spinal stenosis, degenerative spondylolisthesis, and a relatively normal lumbar disc ... This patient had an L5-S1 microdiscectomy in 2015. In 2017, she had MIS TLIF at L5-S1 ...

L1 to L5 are the five lumbar spine vertebrae, and are the largest vertebrae in the entire vertebral column. L5-S1 is a disc at the bottom of the ... wall of an intervertebral disc bulges out from its ...

that I have enthesopathy, loss of normal lordosis, a space narrowing and spondylopathy at L5/S1. Underlying discogenic disease. What does all this mean and what treatment do I go for to fix all of ...

A canal between the iliac vessels was drilled through the L5 vertebral body into the S1 vertebral body and spinal fusion using tibia autograft ... revealed left S1 radiculopathy. CT scan and MRI ...