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I just had an MRI done yesterday nearly two years after my discectomy operation on l5/s1..... Been dealing with off and on pain since then but have muscled through it. No doc visits or narcotics prescribed but I finally had enough and went in. The doc was concerned about some results of the pin prick test so he had an MRI done and I'd like to know what it all means.... Below is the report.... If anyone can translate to normal people speak I'd love you forever. Also, do you think this will mean yet another surgery to fix this mess? TIA.
L3-4: interval development of a broad based disc protrusion producing thecal sac effacement greater to the left of midline. L4-5: some loss in disc signal intensity. Some generalized bulging of the disc is greater to left producing mild diffuse thecal sac effacement. L5-s1: some disc signal changes anterolateral to the thecal sac on the left are present and abut the traversing left s1 root and also abut the anterolateral aspect of the thecal sac on the left. Could be fibrosis or some extruded disc material.... Development of a schmorl's node involving the inferior end plate if l5 anteriorly Thoughts new friends?? |
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No amateur neurologists know what that means?? I'm 30, pretty healthy and I'm worried about having to do surgery again... Apparently my reflex and feeling in the right leg was non-existent or extremely muted at my appt... Considering that with the MRI report am I screwed?
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"Thanks for this!" says: | ginnie (11-15-2012) |
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Also, history, present complaints and clinical (exam) findings dictate what imaging studies need to be done (and for which findings correlated to said exam findings) so...the thought of diagnosing solely by fractional imaging findings that are retrospective to undetermined history, symptoms and clinical findings is more akin to witchcraft or channeling in it's preminitions and is tantamount to paddeling upstream in flood conditions without oars or floatation device (as a non-swimmer). |
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I read this and responded late into the night and looking back at it, the area you have trouble with, is the area you had the surgery on.....there should be no disc material there!
Again Dubious is correct that a contrast would have been much more beneficial in this case, and may have helped them to see what the extrusion really is. |
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Agreed! That's what threw me off. I wasn't expecting to see disc material resting on that nerve root again.... Frustrating!!! I just don't really want to get sliced open again, that was no fun.... |
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I looked it up, apparently it is common to only remove the part of the disc that is causing issue. There fore it is possible to have that issue at that site again.
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