Re: Herniation larger after decompression

September 1, 2008

You don't say whether the first number, 9 mm, is from an MRI report, but I

suspect so.

One possibility is that the visual slice on the MRI is at an angle that does not

tell the whole story. An MRI is a series of visual slices, very close to each

other. It is not a continus video. For instance, if the MRI were taking a

picture of an egg inside of a box it would be just as easy to get only the

narrow end view of the egg as it would be to get the widest area around the

middle. Both would be a very different measurement.

It is not unusual for a doctor to find a longer herniation once they get inside

the head because of a difference between the visual slice and reality. On MRI's

my hearniation was considered to be 5 cm or less, but once they got into my head

it turned out to be closer to 8 cm, and it was kinda of wiggly around the other

tissues. (I think mine was a cm measurement not mm.)

Hanna

decompressed 2002

Subject: Herniation larger after decompression

To:

Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 1:21 AM

I have a question. It has been over a year since my second revision

and final surgery. When I had my first surgery I had a diagnosis of

CM1 with 9mm herniation. Tonight I was reading over my operative

report from Doctor Ellenbogen who only did my final revision who noted

that he saw my herniation at 3cm. How is this possible. That my

herniation went form 9mm to 3cm.

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