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From: Joe.Chamberlain@f140.n150.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain)
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Subject: Re: disk bulge/herniation.
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Date: 30 Oct 90 04:26:36 GMT
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[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

 JB> ps   I've been thinking......What if a surgeon were to "wrap" some form
 JB> of binding material around a bulging disk to permanently hold in it's 
 JB> normal shape? An analogy would be when you put duct tape around a bulging
 JB> radiator hose in your car.......Has this been thought of before? Or 
 JB> actually done? If it could be done it would relieve a lot of poeple.....
     
        I think this approach would cause the disk to bulge 
inward and damage the spinal cord.  If that happens at the L-5 
level then you end up with no feeling in your feet and no control 
over your bowel and bladder.  Just to mention a few 
complications.
                                -=joe=-

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