Sentence examples for collapsed disc from inspiring English sources

Although the results of this study seem intuitive given that the Pfirrmann grading system incorporates a qualitative assessment of disc height, the only grade to incorporate a marked reduction in disc height is grade 5 (i.e., collapsed disc space).

In cases with a completely collapsed disc space, no interbody device is required and only bone graft may be used to fill the residual disc space if there is any.

Finally, we have noted that grade-5 disc degeneration, which has a hallmark feature of a collapsed disc space, could have been driving the results of this study.

Results remained unchanged when grade 5 disc degeneration, which necessitated a collapsed disc space, was excluded from analyses (all p ≤ 0.03).

To ensure that the significant differences were not driven by grade-5 disc degeneration, which necessitated a collapsed disc space, subgroup analyses were performed with grade-5 disc degeneration excluded.

In Kodak's growing digital business, prices on CD-ROM discs collapsed from $5 at the beginning of 1997 to about $1 today.

Participants also identified anatomic or physiologic causes including pinched nerves, collapsed vertebrae, degenerative discs or spinal stenosis attributed to aging, heredity or poor posture.

Then, the necrotic disc and collapsed vertebrae were removed through to healthy bleeding bone using curettes.

This is music to the entertainment industry, as the market for solo songs on discs has collapsed from its peak of $272 million in 1997, victim of pirating services like Kazaa and Morpheus.

First, based on studies of the natural history of the disc and spondylolisthesis, Matsunaga et al. demonstrated that when disc height is collapsed, there is a natural tendency to restabilize the motion segment and as a result, spondylolisthesis becomes less likely to progress [ 25].

The innermost part of that disc collapses gravitationally to form the central star, or the sun.