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Has A Condition Of Loss Of Lumbar Lordosis. MRI Shows Disc Protrusion With Annual Tear. Is Surgery Inevitable?
my husband has the condition of loss of lumbar lordosis...his mri also shows a left paracentral disc protrusion with posterior annular tear at L5-S1 level causing left neural foraminal narrowing and left exiting root impingement...is surgery inevitable???
Wed, 22 Jan 2014
Dear Sir,
Yes this condition needs to be treated by surgery only and you should not think twice about it.
Dr. Shruti
Yes this condition needs to be treated by surgery only and you should not think twice about it.
Dr. Shruti
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