Originally Posted by
DougRNS
Anything you can do would be greatly appreciated and would help me navigate this mess. You've been very gracious with your time despite presumably getting asked for help frequently by others.
I saw some YouTube videos by Dr Tony Mork if want to check it out he has a 3 part series and one of them has video of the procedure. This is part 1.
So, I looked into this a bit.
Neither our local pain neurosurgeon nor anesthesiologist had heard of the concept and the term "toxic annular tear" yields nothing on a Pubmed search, which is not a good sign. I have to say, I didn't find the video particularly convincing and what Dr. Mork seems to be describing in terms of symptoms is localized low back pain, rather than radiating symptoms referable to a problem with a particular nerve root or roots.
Maintaining due humility in the face of something I don't understand, the only advice I can offer is proceed with caution. I'm still happy to review the records, FWIW.