1.   With the viral reactivation, inflammatory changes occur in dorsal root ganglia and nerve roots.

2.   The surgeon had apparently told the plaintiff about the risk of damage to the nerve roots but not of that to the spinal cord.

3.   An MRI Saturday revealed inflammation in a nerve root, something Brown said he awoke with prior to his start last Tuesday.

4.   Both the new procedure and conventional surgery relieve the shooting leg pain from pinched nerve roots caused by a bulging disc.

5.   He missed his second consecutive game, but a myelogram taken last week revealed that the disc is getting better and the injury is an irritated nerve root.

6.   In many cases, the condition causes protrusion of the lower back and irritation of the nerve root in the femur, the main bone in the thigh.

7.   Tests last week revealed pressure on a nerve root, which was causing pain in his left leg.

8.   The greatest risk is that the cement will ooze into the wrong places and compress the spinal cord or a nerve root.

9.   Hunsicker said additional tests last week showed there was pressure on a nerve root.

10.   The injection Ripken received on Monday was directly into the nerve root.