Mirza Pojskic, Erica Bisson, Joachim Oertel, Toshihiro Takami, Corinna Zygourakis, Francesco Costa
OBJECTIVE: To formulate the most current, evidence-based recommendations regarding the epidemiology, clinical diagnosis, and radiographic diagnosis of lumbar herniated disk (LDH). METHODS: A systematic literature search in PubMed, MEDLINE, and CENTRAL was performed from 2012 to 2022 using the search terms "herniated lumbar disc", "epidemiology", "prevention" "clinical diagnosis", and "radiological diagnosis". Screening criteria resulted in 17, 16, and 90 studies respectively that were analyzed regarding epidemiology, clinical diagnosis, and radiographic diagnosis of LDH...
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