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
In 1997, with the O’s in a pennant race with the Yankees, Ripken played with a herniation in a back disk for 52 straight games.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2020
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
At the postmortem there was found a defect in the diaphragm on the left side, permitting herniation of the stomach and first part of the duodenum into the left pleural cavity.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
