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I am 30 years old. I am going in for my second spinal fusion... they are extending to l3-l4 and revising l4-s1 I know most spinal terms but my most recent scan shows my end plates are radiolucent? What exactly does that mean?
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It means that X-rays go through it so it appears black on the X-ray, like air does in your lungs. Most bones are radiopaque meaning the X-ray can't go through them and get absorbed by them. That is how you get the black and white of an X-ray, what is absorbed by an X-ray and what isn't.