The Charite will distort the MRI and CT work in the region next to the ADR. Make sure they get good flat x-rays, including flexion and extension, as they'll help if there's something obviously wrong with placement. If there's something subtle and you end up needing the fine detail of a MRI, there is a way to image the facets using MRI but it takes a radiologist willing to tweak his instrument to get it to work. There is no practical way to image the ADR itself using MRI or CT.
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Laura - L5S1 Charitee
C5/6 and 6/7 Prodisc C
Facet problems L4-S1
General joint hypermobility
Jim - C4/5, C5/6, L4/5 disk bulges and facet damage, L4/5 disk tears, currently using regenerative medicine to address
"There are many Annapurnas in the lives of men" Maurice Herzog
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