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Does the below mri justifies surgery: multilevel degenerative disc opposite c6-c7 with left paracentral disc protrusion mild to moderate indentation?

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See your physician: Symptoms from degenertive disc disease (which is common with advanced age) should initially be treated with conservative measures (PT, massage, pain medications, etc). See your physician for further discussion. You might consider a surgical intervention if conservative approaches fail to improve symptoms. http://www.webmd.com/back-pain/tc/degenerative-disc-disease-topic-overview

Answered 5/15/2016

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Get second opinion: Based upon your MRI description, I would prefer to employ conservative physical therapy and "tincture of time", but if you have been advised to have surgery, you should obtain second opinion.

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