A posterior annular tear is a painful condition characterized by tear or rupture in the annulus fibrosus (outer layer of an ...

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“It was right on the bone or right in the disc,” Neil said. Neil had an annular tear in a spinal disc and the material inside his disc was leaking out, causing inflammation, Neil wanted to ...

a torn disc occurs when the tough outer shell of a vertebral disc (the annulus fibrosis) cracks or tears, letting the jelly-like inner core (the nucleus pulposus) seep out and press on surrounding ...

There are three main classifications of disc injuries. The first type of injury consists of annular fiber tears, which do not extend into the outer aspects of the disc. Thus, the nuclear material is ...

A disc becomes herniated when you tear the annulus, the basket-weave-type supporting structure of the disc, by twisting. This weakens the structure and makes it work abnormally. A herniation is ...

Surgical treatments typically involve either removing the protruding nucleus and then sewing up the tear in the annulus – leaving the disc "deflated" – or refilling the disc with a replacement ...

“It was right on the bone, or right in the disc,” Bar says. Neil had an annular tear in a spinal disc and the material inside his disc was leaking out, causing inflammation. Neil wanted to ...

Annular tears are of three different types: Peripheral tears: These are formed when there is tearing of tough outer fibers of the disc. This usually happens due to a traumatic injury or bone spur.