2 level Lumbar ADR Case Study – K.W.
K.W. - Overview
27 yo female teacher and tournament cornhole player
Extensive athletic career throughout schooling
Suffered with chronic daily back pain with episodes of severe pain once or twice a year that kept her in bed
Occasional numbness, tingling, and radiating pain down her left leg
Preop xrays
Preop flex ex xrays
Preop MRI
Degenerative disc disease at both L4-5 and L5-S1
L4-5 has small central herniation with posterior annular tearing
L5-S1 has larger chronic central disc herniation
Preop MRI
Axial cut at L5-S1 showing central disc herniation
Intraop Fluoro films
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