Traumatic Lumbar Spine Injuries with Repairs - Medical Illustration, Human Anatomy Drawing
This exhibit depicts an L5-S1 left posterior disc herniation, L3-4 disc bulge, L4-5 broad based disc bulge and surgical treatment at L5-S1 spine level. Surgical steps towards decompressing L5 nerve root illustrated here includes: incision site, partial hemilaminectomy, foraminotomy, discectomy and removal of an extruded endplate into the epidural space with a drill bit.