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What Is Success Rate Of Surgery For Spinal Stenosis?
Dragging left foot,difficult walking spinal stenosis feet blue doctor says condition will leave me unable to walk need operation I am 84 in good health don t want to end in wheelchair having trouble deciding to go for Operation what are success rate
Fri, 3 Nov 2017
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May be your suffering from compressive neuropathy you need laminectomy.
approximately 70% to 80% of patients will have significant improvement in their function (ability to perform normal daily activities) and a markedly reduced level of pain and discomfort associated with spinal stenosis .
Thank you for trusting HCM
May be your suffering from compressive neuropathy you need laminectomy.
approximately 70% to 80% of patients will have significant improvement in their function (ability to perform normal daily activities) and a markedly reduced level of pain and discomfort associated with spinal stenosis .
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