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Suggest Treatment For Paracentral Disc Extrusion
My daughter is only 18 and has Large left parenteral disc extrusion at L4-5, impinging on the traversing left L5 nerve root. She has been down and can not walk sit nothing and is in alot of pain. We see a neurosurgeon on fri. Do you think most likely she will have surgery, or will they put her thru a bunch of other stuff before that?
Tue, 21 Apr 2015
Hello. I have been through your question and understand your concern.
In this case the neurosurgeon might opte for pain killers for 6 weeks. In case she does not recover from the pain then she might need surgery.
But if there is already neurologic deficit she must have surgery as soon as possible to prevent further complications.
Hope this helps. Please feel free using MHC again.
In this case the neurosurgeon might opte for pain killers for 6 weeks. In case she does not recover from the pain then she might need surgery.
But if there is already neurologic deficit she must have surgery as soon as possible to prevent further complications.
Hope this helps. Please feel free using MHC again.
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