If these measures do not help, surgery may be required. L5-S1 is one of the two most common sites for back surgery. The other ...

facet hypertrophy Percutaneous laser discectomy Same as standard microdiscectomy History of previous lumbar surgery, workman's compensation, stenosis, facet hypertrophy, free fragment Artificial ...

Focal degenerative disc disease in the lumbar spine is broadly categorized into three clinical types ... A variety of operative procedures and approaches exists to deal with focal disc prolapse. Such ...