Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) affects millions globally ... Additionally, imaging changes (such as reduction in herniation size on MRI or CT) served as secondary outcome measures, although the ...

The desire for a minimally invasive technique to restore intervertebral disc height for indirect decompression and sagittal and coronal alignment while preserving posterior structures resulted in ...

Original Medicare and some Medicare Advantage plans will cover hernia surgery when necessary. As with other types of surgery, different parts of Medicare may cover certain aspects of care.

ROACH: I am a 74-year-old woman who is active and healthy. I recently had an endoscopy, and the findings were a hiatal hernia of about 5 centimeters with some inflammation. I have been having ...

Roach: I am a 74-year-old woman who is active and healthy. I recently had an endoscopy, and the findings were a hiatal hernia of about 5 centimeters with some inflammation. I have been having ...

We hope you'll never need to know this—but in case symptoms of a hernia ever creep up, a Cleveland Clinic surgeon reveals when to act. Benjamin Miller, MD, is a board-certified general surgeon at the ...

incisional hernias, lumbar hernias, obturator hernias, flank hernias, sports hernias, and rectus diastasis. Some of the procedures that hernia surgeons perform are open, laparoscopic, and robotic ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation is a widely debated topic, with several techniques available. Percutaneous endoscopic discectomy (PELD) has gained popularity due to ...

A woman has been left with horrific injuries after a sex toy she left inside her was dragged through her body during an MRI scan. The 22-year-old patient inserted the "butt plug" in her back ...

if the hernia is difficult to assess with other methods, your doctor might recommend a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). An MRI uses radio waves and powerful magnets to create detailed images of ...