Narrowing is an issue in the foramen which leads to the nerve root compression problems.
I agree. I've been a huge tiger fan since I started playing and grew up watching him. I've got a huge fathead of him in my living room (In college, don't flame). It'll be sad if this is it.agsalaska said:
He has hinted b in the past that he understands how important that is. But it seems like his competitive juices make it where he just cannot help himself.
I loved watching him play but if it's over its over. Probably not see another like him.
This is way over my head. Somebody explain.DannyDuberstein said:
There you go. Ran out of disc to ectomy. On to the next stage of fusion.
Huell Babineaux said:This is way over my head. Somebody explain.DannyDuberstein said:
There you go. Ran out of disc to ectomy. On to the next stage of fusion.
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Due to previous herniations and three surgeries, Woods' bottom lower-back disc severely narrowed, causing sciatica and severe back and leg pain. Conservative therapy, which included rehabilitation, medications, limiting activities and injections, failed as a permanent solution, and Woods opted to have surgery. The procedure was a minimally invasive Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (MIS ALIF) at L5/S1. The surgery entailed removing the damaged disc and re-elevating the collapsed disc space to normal levels. This allows the one vertebrae to heal to the other. The goal is to relieve the pressure on the nerve and to give the nerve the best chance of healing.
The operation was performed by Dr. Richard Guyer of the Center for Disc Replacement at the Texas Back Institute.