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Spine Health | Last Active: Sep 17 12:50pm | Replies (45)

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The radiology lab where you had the scans will print copies for you. Call them because they need a release of information form and will want your ID, which you might be able to do by phone. Some labs will send them and some may have the capacity to share the images online. I usually fed ex mine to the doctors because I'm usually in a hurry. I'd get CDs of the MRI and paper copies of the reports. You can give the labs a release for Usually you can pick up the CDs same day or next day and overnight or slower mail.
Those disc spurs are sharp little things and they stab at the nerves as they exit. You might get some relief from a medial branch block or medial branch radiofrequency. With fusion they would, of course, remove the spurs. How many levels are they suggesting fusing.
The normal facet space is 2-4 mm, so this is a spur large enough significantly reduce the space for the nerve.

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Thank you for your help. They want to fuse L5-S1.
I would just like to know if that is going to take the pain in my foot away.