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Is Surgey Needed For Severe Foraminal Stenosis?
Question: is surgey needed for severestenosis left and right foraminal
Brief Answer:
Yes surgery is needed
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for asking!
Usually whether surgery is needed or not depends on the severity of stenosis and failure of conservative therapies like non steroid pharmacotherapy (as NSAIDs, Gabapentin , TCA etc) or epidural steroid injections or physical therapies.
If above measures fail then yes, decompressive surgery is the only option valid and left.North XXXXXXX Spine Society (NASS) guidelines suggest the use of decompressive surgery as a means of improving outcomes not only in patients with severe symptoms of LSS but in those with moderate symptoms as well.
I hope it helps. Get an expert spine specialist and let them take care of it. Dont forget to close the discussion please.
May the odds be ever in your favour.
Regards
S Khan
Yes surgery is needed
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for asking!
Usually whether surgery is needed or not depends on the severity of stenosis and failure of conservative therapies like non steroid pharmacotherapy (as NSAIDs, Gabapentin , TCA etc) or epidural steroid injections or physical therapies.
If above measures fail then yes, decompressive surgery is the only option valid and left.North XXXXXXX Spine Society (NASS) guidelines suggest the use of decompressive surgery as a means of improving outcomes not only in patients with severe symptoms of LSS but in those with moderate symptoms as well.
I hope it helps. Get an expert spine specialist and let them take care of it. Dont forget to close the discussion please.
May the odds be ever in your favour.
Regards
S Khan
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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