This content was created by our physicians and experts. Microdiscectomy is a surgical procedure for the relief of pain and other symptoms that occur when a herniated disc in the spine presses on an ...

Each disc’s normal location is directly adjacent to the spinal nerves. A herniated disc (also known as a disc herniation and sometimes called a "slipped disc") occurs when a piece of a spinal disc ...

She also complained of pain between her shoulder blades. Herniated T1-2 Disk: T2-weighted sagittal MRI scans of the cervical and upper thoracic spine. Note the large disk herniation between the T1 and ...

The first 7 vertebrae, located in the neck Thoracic spine. The next 12 vertebrae ... This is called a bulging disk. Ruptured or herniated disk. As the disk continues to break down, or with continued ...