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 is the treatment for a desiccated L5-S1
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The average workman's compensation for back fusion surgery in Illinois varies with the severity and number of vertebrae fused. If several vertebrae are fused, the amount could reach as much as $400 thousand.
what does moderate facet arthropathy l5-s1 mean
whatis anterior subluxation on L5 on S1 mean?
what does slight progression of degenerative marrow in the l5 - s1
5th lumber vertebrae and first sacral vertebra.
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It means you have a slight herniation/slight bulging of the disc at the L5-S1 level of your spine.
it means they remove the disc that is causing the problem. but im guessing your also going to have a spinal fusion right? and im also going to guess its at the L5 S1 level right? I just recently had a L5 S1 fusion and they did a discectomy on me to allow the fusion of my vertebrates