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Discogenic pain

Pain attributed to an intervertebral disc. A disc abnormality on imaging alone does not establish...

Disc protrusion

Form of disc herniation whose base is wider than the outwardly displaced portion, according to...

Disc replacement

Implant replacing an intervertebral disc with the aim of preserving some movement in selected patients.Lire...

Disc resorption

Gradual biological reduction in the size of herniated disc material. It does not always track...

Disc sequestration

Disc herniation in which a fragment has completely separated from its parent disc.Lire cette fiche...

Disc space narrowing

Reduced space between adjacent vertebral bodies, usually reflecting loss of disc height; this finding does...

Disc–nerve root conflict

Unfavorable relationship between a disc and nerve root, described on imaging as contact, displacement or...

Dixon sequence

MRI method using the frequency difference between water and fat signals to generate separated or...

Dorsal columns of the spinal cord

Ascending pathways in the posterior spinal cord involved in discriminative touch, vibration and conscious proprioception.Lire...

Dorsal horn of the spinal cord

Posterior region of spinal gray matter that receives and processes part of the sensory information...