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The spine has several sections, each denoted by a letter. Starting from the top, C=cervical spine (neck); T=thoracic spine (upper body); L=lumbar spine (lower body); and S=sacral or sacrum (just above the talbone). (There is also the coccyx, or tailbone, which in most is one solid bone, and has no specific letter denotation.) Each section has multiple bones called vertebrae that are numbered. There are spaces in between each vertebra called discs. These are circular pieces of cartilage filled with a jelly-like material called the nucleosus pulposus. These discs serve as a cushion between the bones, and are crucial to allowing the spine to flex and bend freely. Discs are named by using the position of the vertebrae that "sandwich" it, in this case, L5,S1 (the 5th lumbar vertebra and 1st sacral vertebra). Dessication means drying out. So, in layman's terms, the disc in the lowest part of the lumbar spine has dried out, which means that the it is less able to provide cushioning from the bones during movement.
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How can you determine from the MRI how bad the disc desiccation is at L5-S1 level?
Get a doctor that passed med school.
What does moderate arthropathy L-4-L5 and L-5-S1 mean?
what does moderate facet arthropathy l5-s1 mean
L4 - L5 considerable disc space narrowing and desiccation with broad-based posterior and posterolateral extension of inteervertebral disc with midline annular tear?
broadbased narrowing at the l5/s1
What does loss of disc signal at L4-L5 and L5-S1 mean?
No
What is subluxation of L4 and L5?
whatis anterior subluxation on L5 on S1 mean?
What does slight progression of degenerative marrow endplate changes at the L5-S1 level mean?
what does slight progression of degenerative marrow in the l5 - s1
What is the treatment for a desiccated L5-S1?
what is the treatment for a desiccated L5-S1
What does it mean if I have slight bulging of the annulus at L5-S1 I have a lot of pain there.?
It means you have a slight herniation/slight bulging of the disc at the L5-S1 level of your spine.
What is moderate bilateral facet hypertrophy at L5-S1?
what is bilateral facet hypertrophy at L5-S1
I an having L5 S1 foraminotomy surgery what does this mean?
If you are having an L5 S1 foraminotomy surgery it means the surgeons will enlarge the passageway of the first spinal nerve in your 5th lumbar vertebra.
What does air in the L5-S1 facets mean?
It means that there is fluid in the disc in the degenerative spine.
What does Minimal bulge at l5-s1 mean?
means that a disc in your lower back is slightly deformed.
