pain management or ortho help
Posted By: mtmomof2 on 2008-03-12
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Subject: pain management or ortho help
A post myelography CT showed s/l promenus disk and end plate degeneration at L4-L5.
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Subject: MRI ortho/pain management s/l please sm
An MRI scan of the lumbar spine was performed in an open unit. The quality of the scan is poor.
There is a retrolisthesis on the scan at L5-S1 with a s/l shelf of disc material and possible impingement of the right L5 and S1 nerve roots with a left lateral disc osteophyte complex as well.
Has anyone ever heard the term shelf of disc material?
pain management or ortho help
Subject: pain management or ortho help
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Subject: Please help with pain management
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Subject: Pain management s/l
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Subject: I type for pain management
and always type pain as 5/10. Nothing has ever been said, so I don't know if it's right or wrong.
Pain management question -
Subject: Pain management question -
Discogram indicated pain at L4-L5 level which was concordant, but no pain at the L5-S1 level, which seems to be the worst level by MRI.
Injection of local anesthetic at the L5-S1 disc would help to s/l clarify the patient.
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Subject: word help - pain management
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Glad to help. SM for some pain management refs. sm
Subject: Glad to help. SM for some pain management refs. sm
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/pain/glossaryterms.shtml
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http://jax.shands.org/hs/pain/services.asp
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