L5-S1 is the exact spot where the lumbar spine ends and the sacral spine begins. The lumbosacral joint connects these bones.

Your L4-L5 disc, in between the vertebrae is the most likely to herniate. When this happens, the inner portion can leak out ...

The result of this literature review documents a remarkable list of various quantitative radiologic criteria applied to describe lumbar spinal stenosis. Measurement of antero-posterior diameter ...

A lumbar puncture is used to take a sample of the cerebrospinal fluid from the lower back. This fluid flows around the spinal cord and the brain, and clears waste products. Levels of certain proteins ...

A series of lumbar ... the L5/S1 discs. Only 12 (38%) were found to be normal (fig 1). Of the abnormal group, the largest proportion (n = 11; 36%) of disc degeneration at this level was grade 3.

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Steam is a top-rated platform for video games and is a platform that is trusted by video gamers around the world. Sometimes users will see error code E502 L3 pop up ...

This evening will start with largely cloudy skies and a few patches of rain. As the overnight period progresses, clear breaks will start to develop with just a few lingering patches of cloud ...

Objectives Lumbar bone stress injury (‘bone stress injury’) is common in junior fast bowlers. The repetitive loading of cricket fast bowling may cause bone marrow oedema (BMO), detectable on MRI, ...

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Background: Beside symptoms and clinical signs radiological findings are crucial in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). We investigate which quantitative radiological signs are ...