APPENDIX TABLES - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

20-30% of asymptomatic adults will have chronic disc protrusion. Some patients with degenerative disc disease do have symptoms of back pain, leg pain or both. Slide 87) Does this patient have a chronic or an acute disc protrusion? Slide 88) This is a typical chronic disc protrusion. The disc is dark and the protruding disc material is dark. ................
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