The disc serves as a shock absorber between each lumbar bone. It also helps support your body weight and allow movement between each vertebra. The spinal cord is the bundle of nerve tissue that ...

The lumbar spine is comprised of five vertebrae—designated as L1 to L5—as well as five vertebral discs, and five pairs of spinal nerve roots servicing the pelvis, groin, genital area, legs, and feet.

In addition, lumbar fusion was performed to alleviate the long-term compression of the nerve roots, and the steroids administered after RFA further promoted the repair of the nerve roots. This may ...

Abbreviations AUC: Area under the curve; CI: Confidence interval; CT: Computer tomography; LR: Likelihood ratio; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; ROC: Receiver ...

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