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@marieltha My spinal cord compression was caused by a disc that had herniated and collapsed into the central spinal canal and it grew bone spurs next to it because of the inflammation. That is called a disc osteophyte complex. When the bad disc was removed during surgery, it took the pressure off the spinal cord, that space where the disc was got a bone disc spacer. The vertebrae bone above and below that fuses as it all grows together.
Do you have a spine condition that is being diagnosed?