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Had Severe Disc Herniation. Pain Due To Parasthesia. Have Osteiophyte. Will It Lysis Or Need Operation?

hi my name ebrahim i had acute sever disc herniation at the C 5 - C6 level before six month and berform discetomy by anterior appraoch with cage and fixation and the sever pain is subside but still have apain with parasthesia agraviated by neck movment and i make CT scan and fined that ihave big osteiophyte at the same level i wante to know is this osteiophyte can lysis or it need another operation to remove
Thu, 7 Nov 2013
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Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.

First of all, I would like to reassure that you do not require a second surgery to remove the osteophytes.

Also, at this stage, you require medications such as pregabalin or gabapentin capsules to relieve the nerve pain, arising due to nerve compression in the neck.

In addition, you would also benefit from physiotherapy, such as IFT/ultrasound to relieve the pain, and neck extension exercises.

I hope it helps. Please get back if you require any additional information.

Wishing you good health,

Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Had Severe Disc Herniation. Pain Due To Parasthesia. Have Osteiophyte. Will It Lysis Or Need Operation?

Hi, Thank you for posting your query. First of all, I would like to reassure that you do not require a second surgery to remove the osteophytes. Also, at this stage, you require medications such as pregabalin or gabapentin capsules to relieve the nerve pain, arising due to nerve compression in the neck. In addition, you would also benefit from physiotherapy, such as IFT/ultrasound to relieve the pain, and neck extension exercises. I hope it helps. Please get back if you require any additional information. Wishing you good health, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in