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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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L5 Nerve Root Impingement Foramen

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Dr. Vivek Chail MD

left intervertebral and exit foramen. No significant nerve root compression . L4-5: Diffuse disc bulge ... compression L5-S1: Annular disc bulge with mild compression on thecal sac. No... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vivek Chail ( Radiologist)
Dr. Sudhir MD

hi I have had lower back pain and had a scan today which says early compromise of the right l5 nerve root in the foramen due to disc bulge, just wondering what the treatment for this is....I... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudhir ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.  Eris Ranxha MD

result in moderate right neural foramen, no central canal, and mild left neural foramen narrowing. There is probable mass effect upon the exiting right L5 nerve root . There is probable... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Eris Ranxha ( Neurologist)
Dr. Praveen Tayal MD

nerve root. Left lateral disc bulge at L5/S1 indenting the left S1 nerve root. What options for ... the LEFT L4/5 foramen there is a left foraminal disc bulge indenting on the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Krishna Kumar MD

I have been disgonosed in MRI : postero-lateral disc herniationsat C5-C6, C6-C7 compressing the thecal sac , cord, & existing right C7 nerve root within neural foramen,There is secondary central ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Krishna Kumar ( Spine Surgeon)

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Dr. Praveen Tayal MD

narrowing the neural foramen and contracting the l5 nerve root in the neural foramen bilateral. Do you think ...Posterior 3-4 mm disc protrusion/herniation impinges on the right more... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Matt Wachsman MD

exiting nerve root within the right neural foramen. Also a right lateral disc osteophyte complex that mildly contacts the exiting nerve root just lateral to the right neural... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Matt Wachsman ( Addiction Medicine Specialist)
Dr.  Indu Kumar MD

TRAVERSING INTRATHECAL RIGHT S1 NERVE ROOT. POSSIBLE EFFACEMENT OF THE EXITING LEFT L5 NERVE ROOT IN ITS EXIT FORAMEN SECONDARY TO A FORAMINAL DISC-OSTEOPHYTE COMPLEX ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indu Kumar ( Radiologist)
Dr. Shailja Puri Wahal MD

at L5-S1 Abutting the Exiting Right L5 Nerve Root and also the Descending Right S1 Nerve Root.” CT ... contacts the exiting Right L5 Nerve and may cause mass effect... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shailja Puri Wahal ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Dr.    Olsi Taka MD

protrusion indenting thecal sac, bilateral traversing nerve roots (right left),right exiting nerve root and encroaching left neural foramen pl suggest me the treatment for these ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Olsi Taka ( Neurologist)