A lumbar puncture is a test to check the fluid that circulates around the brain and spinal cord. This is called the cerebrospinal fluid or CSF. A lumbar puncture can check for cancer cells or for ...

Pseudoarthrosis occurs when bones don’t heal after a fracture or bone surgery. When pseudoarthrosis affects the cervical or lumbar spine, it means that two vertebrae did not grow together after ...

Doctors have successfully treated lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) in a patient with achondroplasia using a minimally invasive endoscopic technique, according to a case report published in the European ...

People with lumbar spinal stenosis will commonly experience pain when the lumbar spine is extended (bent backward) and relief when the lumbar spine is flexed (curved forward). This is because ...

Lumbar stenosis is a common spinal condition that affects millions of people, particularly older adults. It occurs when the spinal canal located in the lower back experiences narrowing ...

STRADVISION is expanding beyond L2/L2+ Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) to develop L3/L4 autonomous driving solutions tailored to industries including robotaxis, logistics, public ...

In what is expected to be an emotional affair, the Blues will play their final fixture in L4 ahead of their move to Bramley-Moore Dock for the start of next season. The club has already completed ...

THE primary purpose of this report is to emphasize the relation of a high-pitched "squeaking" or "musical" systolic murmur to aortic stenosis and calcification of the aortic valve. This is not so ...

The physical conditions of the patients could not be evaluated, and unmeasured confounding was possible. Lumbar spinal stenosis is a progressive and dynamic disease that constitutes a continuum of ...

Background Few studies have so far explored plaque characteristics on high-resolution magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging (HR-VWI) associated with intraprocedural stent thrombosis (IPST) during ...

Doctors can use MRI to examine a person’s lower spine, lumbar region, and surrounding tissues. MRI of the spine can show spinal alignment, lumbar disk herniation, inflammation, and more.