herniation

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He missed the start of the season after undergoing microdiscectomy for a lumbar disc herniation.

From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2023

Although a disk herniation definitely can be a possible cause of pain irradiating in the leg, it is only rarely a cause of local back pain.

From Scientific American • Oct. 21, 2023

This year’s series is tied at a game apiece and might hinge on a small disk herniation in Delle Donne’s back that could limit the franchise star’s playing time.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2019

But Michael Collins, the astronaut first chosen as the Command Module Pilot, needed back surgery after suffering a cervical disc herniation.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2018

Diverticula may, and usually do, consist in a pouching by herniation, of the whole thickness of the esophageal wall; or they may be herniations of the mucosa between the muscular layers.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier