Wow, that is one messed up disc, that looks painful 🙁
It looks like the vertebrae are affected too (“endplate changes”), they seem to not be flat, which might rule you out for ADR – but, let a DR tell you that. (Scoliosis is also a rule-out factor, but they still accepted me so you never know.)
Your disc also seems to be herniated (bulging out) look into “discectomy” too, they laser off the offending bit(s) of disc
Wow, that is one messed up disc, that looks painful 🙁
It looks like the vertebrae are affected too (“endplate changes”), they seem to not be flat, which might rule you out for ADR – but, let a DR tell you that. (Scoliosis is also a rule-out factor, but they still accepted me so you never know.)
Your disc also seems to be herniated (bulging out) look into “discectomy” too, they laser off the offending bit(s) of disc
http://www.spine-health.com/treatment/back-surgery/microdiscectomy-microdecompression-spine-surgery
It seems to be for posterior herniations, while you seem to have an anterior bulge too, so again, ask a Dr…
xoxo
steph
I sure hope not! 🙁 It’s my fall back plan.