Rochester, NY
A 46-year-old male asked about a 46-year-old male:
Mri test shows loss of spinal height & signal spinal stenosis narrowing of spinal canal diffused disc bluge in contact with thecal sac neural formina narrowed bilatery what treatment do you recommend?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

Dr. Tariq Niazianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 45 years experience
See a spine surgeon,: Who depending on your symptoms and response to the medication, will have you go through a course of epidural shots (steroids) or might advise to enlarge the narrowed (stenosis) canal, to take pressure off the cord or the nerves.
Good luck.
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