disc protrusion measures 15mm medial lateral 6mm an anteroposterior causes contact with ventral cord and central canal stenosis?

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Constant r arm/shoulder pain, tingliing, hand swells & turns cold 5yrs. Mri: c5-c6 & c6-c7 disk ostephyte complex, disk protrusion with annular tear, central canal stenosis. Could this be the cause?

Answer 1

Depends : The herniation size is important. However the symptoms are what dictate the treatment. Stenosis can cause weakness, pain, cramps..Ect. When conservative measures fail to allow a person to return to the activities of daily living...It's time to consider speaking with a spinal surgeon.

Answer 2

See your doctor: Spinal stenosis is made by appropriate history and physical exam. If these warrant it, an MRI or ct myelogram will confirm the diagnosis.

Answer 3

CT or MRI: CT or MRI imaging can assist with the diagnosis. MRI is preferable because the soft tissue structures such as discs and ligaments can be better visualized by the doctor. Surgery is typically a definitive treatment for the symptomatology, although, non-surgical management should be initiated first.

Answer 4

Tx spinal stenosis.: The treatment of spinal stenosis is usually surgical. Physical therapy and spinal injections may help the pains, but the only thing that would help the actual extra tissue growth within the spinal column would be surgery. The area of involvement would need to be defined by MRI scanning.

Answer 5

Laminectomy: Laminectomy is the most common treatment for lumbar stenosis. There are some minimally invasive forms of this surgery that are also available. Cervical stenosis can be treated with laminectomy, laminectomy and fusion, laminoplasty, or anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. The operation chosen depends on what structures are causing the stenosis.

Answer 6

Decompressive ones: You need to open up the spinal canal to free the nerve tissues. This can be done directly and in some cases indirectly when correcting deformities and disc height. Typical surgeries include: laminectomy with or without a fusion, laminoplasty, anterior cervical discetomies or corpectomies with fusion, xlif procedures and other types of similar surgeries done minimally invasive.

Answer 7

Variety: A variety based upon the specifics of the case. Most surgeries can be categorized as either doing an indirect decompression of the spinal canal, or doing a direct decompression, or found a decompression and fusion. Don't hesitate to discuss the specifics of your case with a specialist.

Answer 8

Variable: They can be totally occluded or have non signicant plaque. The degree of blockage is expressed in percentage so that 80% or greater is considered for intervention when unilateral or when associalted with symptoms such as tias or if the other side is blocked at even lower percentage such as 70%.

Answer 9

0-100%: Different grading systems. Less than 30%, then 30-49%, then 50-69%, then 70-99%, then 99% or tight, then occluded.

Answer 10

Generally: Generally the major trials regarding decision making in carotid stenosis provide guidance at: 1) 70%, and 4) occluded (100%). There are many other grades that have been developed and discussed, but their clinical utility from the vascular surgeon's perspective is limited. Discuss further with a board certified vascular surgeon.

Answer 11

Same entity: Some use the optional discriptor "hypertrophic" as an add on to pyloric stenosis. Ps is by caused by an overgrowth and tightening of the muscles surrounding the pyloric region of the small intestine. As such the "hypertrophic" is a redundant term. Some do a similar thing by saying yellow jaundicde when jaundice would be sufficient.

Answer 12

Similar: Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is seen in newborns from enlargement of the muscle at the distal part of the stomach before it goes into the small intestine. Pyloric stenosis by itself can be any narrowing of the distal part of the stomach and occur in several different age groups. Both of these usually require surgical correction.

Answer 13

Usually same: In infants pyloric stenosis is abbreviation for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS). Refers to thickening or hypertrophy of pyloric muscle at outlet of stomach.

Answer 14

Surgery: Spinal stenosis is when the spinal canal is too narrow for the nerve elements. This can be a congenital or acquired in origin. When surgery is indicated, one of the mosf common is a laminectomy which is a removal of the "roof" of the spine freeing up or decompressing the nerve tissues, a decompression.

Answer 15

Decompression: Decompression is the type of procedure used to alleviate the pressure on nerves getting pinched in the spine. This involves removal of the tissues responsible for causing the stenosis such overgrown joints (bone spurs), thickened ligaments and disc protrusions. More information can be found on decompression, laminectomy, laminotomy on www.Spineuniverse.Com.

Answer 16

Removal: It is a removal, or "decompression" of anything that is pushing on or narrowing the nerve canal.

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