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Have l4l5 slipped disc have tolerable pain and tingling while standing and walking in left leg no pain while sitting, doc said for surgery what to do?
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Wait: Surgery is best reserved for intolerable pain a normal good common outcome of spinesurgery is tolerable pain.
Answered 3/27/2014
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