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Are there tests to confirm the doctor's diagnosis of back spinal stenosis?
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MRI: Mri will provide the best images to confirm this diagnosis.
Answered 7/5/2012
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Mri: Radiologist reading of a MRI is an objective second opinion without conflicts of interest dont get operated on by some one you dont trust see a spine specialist . Mild stenosis should be treated nonoperatively at first severe stenosis may need surgery if it matches clincally to symptoms and exam the diagnosis of stenosis should be made off MRI otherwise it is a working suspected diagnosis.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Yes: Yes typically an MRI, ct scan, or a myelogram are the tests that confirm the presence of the spinal stenosis and show the severity of it.
Answered 6/2/2017
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