An 82-year-old retired army officer from Pune, who was bedridden for a year due to severe pain in his back, was given a new ...

I’m a 35-year-old male with an L4–L5 disc prolapse. My doctor advised surgery; is laser spine surgery safer than open surgery ...

Herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP), also referred to as a herniated disc, is a common spine pathology that occurs approximately 95% of the time at the L4-L5 or L5-S1 level (Fisher et al., 2004; Asch ...

It was his fourth back surgery since March 2014, which involved removing the L5-S1 intervertebral disc and then inserting fusion material to connect the L5 and S1 vertebrae.

Introduction. Low back pain (LBP) is relatively common in competitive athletics and the persistence of LBP may threaten an athlete's career. This has never been more relevant than the saga of Tiger ...

Woods underwent surgery to alleviate chronic pain in his back and leg. It's a procedure called anterior lumbar interbody fusion, or ... He said that the L5/S1 disc is commonly where athletes have ...

Dr. Greg Lopez, a spine surgeon at Midwest Orthopedics at Rush, performs the procedure several times a week. He said that the L5/S1 disc is commonly where athletes have issues.