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Hello! can someone please help me! i've had a ct scan we shower bilateral l5 spondylolysis. will this heal? i need a straight answer! :-)
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No: Spondylolysis is a defect in a part of the back part of the spine -the pars articularis. Once nought to always be congenital it may result from stress fractures. Acute stress fractures may heal but once definite spondylosis present it is there. Many imessage managed with exercises.
Answered 5/24/2013
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Depends: If it is chronic, then it will likely not heal. It could be genetic in nature. If it is acute, then it could heal with bracing and treatment. If you have an mri, it can show if there is edema in the area. That helps determine how new/old it is.
Answered 5/28/2017
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