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What Does Left Posterolateral Annular Tear Mean

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Dr. Ronald Schubert MD

i have a diffuse bulge and left sided annular tear persistent edmatous appearance to the right side l4l l5 degenerative disc and schmorls node bulge with new left sided annular... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ronald Schubert ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Indu Kumar MD

what does all this mean?? 1- Diffuse posterior annular bulge with posterocentral annular tear at L4 ... protrusion and annular tear at L4-S1 level causing central... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indu Kumar ( Radiologist)
Dr.  Praveen Tayal MD

Left posterolateral disk herniation and associated radial tear at L4-5, Midline posterior disk ... epidural fat. my doctor told me to find surgeon im 47 year old male what does all of... View answer

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

root Annular tear and small paracentral disk protrusion, L5-S1, with left foraminal narrowing ...L3-L4 Small left posterolateral disk protrusion in the region of and beyond the neural... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Krishna Kumar ( Spine Surgeon)
Dr.  Deepti Verma MD

Hi, Below are observations after lumbosacral spine: 1. Diffuse disc bulge at the L4-5 with annular tear at the left posterolateral aspect with extrusion of necleus pulposus into the left... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Deepti Verma ( OBGYN)

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Dr.  Sudhir Kumar MD

bulge with annular tear. What does that mean? ...I have L4/5 disc degeneration with annular bulging and left sided posterolateral disc prolapse ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudhir Kumar ( Neurologist)
Dr. Dr. Vasudha MD

L3/4 had mild annular bulge with right posterolateral with extraforinal tear. The AP demention of ... the extraforaminal right L3 spinal nerve noted. What does this actually mean... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dr. Vasudha ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Mahaveer Patil MD

normal T2 - annular tear with small right posterolateral disc prolapse at L2-3 level indenting the thecal sac and the related nerve root what is mean ? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mahaveer Patil ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr.   Ganesh MD

What exactly does this mean? New small broad-based central disc protrusion and increased size of the small right sided posterolateral disc protrusion and annular tear at L4-5... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ganesh ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Praveen Tayal MD

On an MRI result - what does stable sized left posterior paracentral disc protrusions at L3-L4 and ... intervertebral discs suspicious for a small annular tear mean? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)