When disc fragments compress
and irritate nerve roots.
Author
Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH
Editor
Kathleen M. Ariss, MS
Associate Editor
Pat Truman, MATC
Primary Medical Reviewer
William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer
Robert B. Keller, MD - Orthopedics
Last Updated
July 21, 2008
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