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A member asked:
My mom has degenerating disks can she get disk replacement ? she literally can't do anything g without being out for 3 days
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Well- that depends: There are such things as "injectable artificial vertebral disks" but you'll need an orthopod to answer more details about them since I have no experience with them but what I can comment on is that mom will probably not be considered a candidate for such a procedure unless she's been through the standard approaches of therapy, medication control, etc. Wanna talk more? www.healthtap.com/drsaghafi
Answered 2/16/2015
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