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How can i avoid having a disc removed?
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Your decision: Surgery is needed when someone has intractable pain related to a disc protrusion or disc herniation. The symptoms related to a disc issue such as these will either improve on their own with time or they will not. Follow up with your spine physician and discuss your symptoms and treatment options.
Answered 12/27/2014
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