
Suggest Treatment For Severe Back Pain

Brief Answer:
MRI scan.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for the query my friend.
You should ask your orthopedic surgeon to do your clinical examination, he will automatically advise you MRI scan of back, where the pain is present.
Remember MRI scan will tell about everything like vertebrae, inter-vertebral disc, surrounding soft tissue, compression of nerves if any, etc in detail.
Where as xray only tell tells about the fracture but it does not tells about the geometry of fracture which is more important for orthopedic surgeon, to decide for the treatment.
I hope you got the point.
Thanks,
Dr.CHANDER XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
MRI scan.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for the query my friend.
You should ask your orthopedic surgeon to do your clinical examination, he will automatically advise you MRI scan of back, where the pain is present.
Remember MRI scan will tell about everything like vertebrae, inter-vertebral disc, surrounding soft tissue, compression of nerves if any, etc in detail.
Where as xray only tell tells about the fracture but it does not tells about the geometry of fracture which is more important for orthopedic surgeon, to decide for the treatment.
I hope you got the point.
Thanks,
Dr.CHANDER XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
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