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Q.
My uncle has seen a doctor about back and leg pain. After different scans, the doctor found that there were issues in the spinal cord's L5 and L6. Is it curable with medication, or will operation be required? and the consequences Is it normal or dangerous? Write to us.
A.
We usually do an MRI to find the exact situation of the Lumbar disc which is present between LS and S1 vertebrae. The treatment depends on stage of disc disease and how acute the patients condition is. Not every disc bulge requires surgery and always Medication and proper physiotherapy is the first choice. We advise surgery only is a few specific advanced cases where the patient cannot get relief from conservative treatments.
Dr. Raveesh Sunkara
Neuro Surgeon, Hyderabad
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