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Osteophytes,kyphosis,stenosis@c5-7. surgeon said necessity for me to have corpectomy/acdf, but not urgent.better to have a surgery sooner than later?
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Yes younger better: You will never be as healthy as you are today. Therefore, if a surgery is needed then the younger you are, the more likely you will not have complications from simply your older age. But this does not mean you cannot have a good outcome from surgery at an older age. And your symptoms always have to justify surgery.
Answered 8/22/2016
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