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Is it necessary to have surgery for spondylolysis?
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No: No with 90% treated without surgery.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Spondylolysis: Surgery is not necessary unless symptoms cannot be controlled nonsurgically. This is a common diagnosis affecting as many as 6% of the asymptomatic population. Pt, nsaid's, and injections often help, maybe bracing for symptoms and not to heal the fractures. Failing this, fusion surgery is quite reasonable and successful.
Answered 12/9/2013
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