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Hi i have lower back pain and i went to get mri and got test back saying i have a small tear in my l4-l5 disc and annular bulging?
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See back surgeon: This may or may not be the source of your discomfort. You need a good history and physical to see if the findings correlate.
Answered 11/5/2020
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Noninvasive Treament: Though the radiology report may read annular tear, as a spine surgeon who has often correlated what was read as an annular tear on an MRI report with visual inspection of the annulus in surgery, what is considered an annular tear by a radiologist equates to nothing of structural or clinical significance. These MRI descriptors do not represent clinically significant pain generators.
Answered 7/4/2014
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