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I am now 5 months post op from having the IDET for an annular tear in my L4/5 disc. I hear that if an annular tear will heal, it will heal within the first year. ... How did you find out you had an annular tear? Okay, I will quit asking questions Please let me know if you find out anything else. Also, hope you get...
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- where as herniated disc has a significant capacity to be resolved w/ time, annular tear continues to produce symptoms indefinitely; - clinical picture is based on pain related to increased intradiscal pressure and irritability of neural structures;
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www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/annular_tear
www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/annular_tear
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PURPOSE: To evaluate the prevalence and radiologic findings of annular tear (especially of contrast material enhancement), bulging disk, and disk herniation on T2-weighted and gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images in people without low back pain (LBP) or sciatica. ... The Medscape Journal...
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/9423651
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A 2-year-old boy had multiple episodes of radial head subluxation, recurrent ... Following brace treatment, subluxation of the radial head was corrected and annular ligament disruption healed. As shown by ultrasonography, these findings correlated well with the clinical course and can be utilized to guide treatment.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/15517238
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Due to injury or just aging, small tears can form in the annulus. When the gel-like center of the disc pushes through an annular tear, this is called a disc herniation.
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www.bhpw.com/conditions/better_health_annular.html
www.bhpw.com/conditions/better_health_annular.html
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It is important to know that the prolapsed disc cannot be pushed back into place and nothing but time will heal the annular tear. Thus, in general, any surgery is aimed at improving the leg pain, not the back pain.
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A torn annulus fibrosus sounds very bad, especially when the inner disc core, called the nucleus pulposus, leaks out of the disc structure. This event is called a ruptured disc, extruded disc or sequestered disc. Typically, the hole in the ...
http://www.herniated-disc-pain.org/annular-tear.html
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Perhaps they remain asymptomatic unless or until a disc herniation, spondylolisthesis, or annular tear occurs. The natural history of DDD is not well understood. Many degenerated discs remain stable for decades while a few progress to a disastrous degenerative scoliosis with severe collapse at several adjacent levels.
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www.dcmsonline.org/jax-medicine/1999journals/april99/de...
www.dcmsonline.org/jax-medicine/1999journals/april99/degenerative.htm
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