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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Paradise
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L4-L5: There is a disc bulge with superimposed central disc extrusion. There is mild bilateral facet arthropathy. There is no neural foraminal narrowing. There is severe central canal stenosis.
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tdouglas,
You have a central canal that is severly choked down. Only your clinician knows your exam findings and can make a determination for ESI or not. But if conservative management, oral non-steroidal and steroidal anti-inflammatory medication, PT, etc., has all failed, then why not go for the ESI?
I can't tell you how many times I've seen such a procedure drag someone out of the depths and despair of surgical consideration. ESI too may fail, but if your doc is recommending it, at least you won't go into (potentially) surgery without a fight! And believe me that ESI is a hiccup compared to the inconvenience and disruption to your life that decompressive surgery would be!
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