A case report of vacuum sign surgery for the inner recess of lumbar spinal canal

The formation of intervertebral disc vacuum sign can be observed in late stage degenerative changes of the lumbar disc. In 1937, Magnusson first proposed intervertebral disc vacuum sign, which refers to the accumulation of gas caused by disc dehydration and fissure formation during the degenerative...

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Published in:	Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Main Authors:	Xu Zhai, Youchen Ye, Jie Zheng
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2025-06-01
Subjects:	Lumbar disc vacuum sign Lumbar disc protrusion Sciatica
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751925000398

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