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Suggest Treatment To Stop Narrowing Canal And Joint Disease
I have spinal degenerative changes are noted with disk osteophyte bars at C5/6 and c6/7 levels which, together with the facet joint disease, cause mild spinal canal narrowing and touching the spinal cord at C5/6 level. what treatment do i need to stop norrowing canal and joint desease?
Mon, 29 Feb 2016
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For minimal spinal canal narrowing, conservative treatment may be advocated unless the osteophytic encroachments are producing nerve radiating pains unabated by neck exercises, physical therapy and cervical collar and anti-inflammatory drugs intake, that your treating surgeon may consider decompression surgery and or fusion in addition to osteophytes excision, so consult a spine surgeon or a neurosurgeon and get complete physical evaluation done
thanks
For minimal spinal canal narrowing, conservative treatment may be advocated unless the osteophytic encroachments are producing nerve radiating pains unabated by neck exercises, physical therapy and cervical collar and anti-inflammatory drugs intake, that your treating surgeon may consider decompression surgery and or fusion in addition to osteophytes excision, so consult a spine surgeon or a neurosurgeon and get complete physical evaluation done
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