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A member asked:
I told doc prior to lp that i had disc bulge at l5 and worried of irritating it. so he performed lp at l2/3, is this too high for it?
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LP: Your disc bulge has nothing to do with the LP. The LP can be done at any level as it is being done only to obtain a specimen of the CSF for analysis. Doing it at L5-S1 will not irritate your disc.
Answered 3/15/2015
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