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I had an mri which showed some tears & some protrusions of discs on and some premature deterioration of more discs i'm 30. is surgery my only option?
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No,: you don't necessarily need surgery based solely on those findings, unless one or more disc protrusions are large and symptomatic. Your findings are in the spectrum of degenerative disc disease, initial conservative non surgical management is probably appropriate, but you should see a spine specialist for complete evaluation.
Answered 4/1/2015
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