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Originally Posted by ncchief30
C 3-4: No disc protrusion or central spinal canal stenosis. Mild
left-sided uncovertebral joint hypertrophy causing mild left-sided neural
foraminal narrowing.
C 6-7: Small central annular tear with a central disc protrusion
indenting the thecal sac, however no central spinal canal stenosis. There
is bilateral uncovertebral joint hypertrophy causing mild to moderate
right-sided and mild left-sided neural foraminal narrowing.
I do not see the doctor for another month. I understand the tear but its the other part I do not understand. Will this require surgery?
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Mild degenerative changes at C3-4 and mild to moderate at C6-7. Functionally for you, if you had right-sided symptoms like scapular pain, pain, numbness or tingling down the back of the arm, top of the forearm into roughly the middle finger, or perhaps weakness of your triceps, wrist flexors and finger extensors or possibly depressed triceps reflex (although you wouldn't know it), then there may be a correlation. If not, then you just have simply degenerative changes visable on the MRI.
Surgery is not determined by an MRI. It only confirms your doc's clinical suspicions. Surgical determination is dependant upon your symptoms, clinical findings, impact of the same on your lifestyle and comorbidities.
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