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C3-4, c4-5 posterior disc bulgingmust it always be treated by an operation or can any other therapy help too?
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No: Many people at your age have herniated disks and very few get surgery. Depends on the symptoms and the extent of nurse compression. Talk to neurosurgeon or ortho spinal surgeon. Surgery is the last resort.
Answered 6/15/2013
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