| When do I need surgery? |
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| You need surgery for your neck if you have the following two conditions. One, you have tried the above conservative treatments over the course of 3 to 6 months and continue to have symptoms that are difficult to tolerate. This is most true if one of your symptoms is weakness that persists or is getting worse. And two, if all the reports such as X-rays, CT scan, MRI and EMG studies show abnormalities are able to explain your symptoms. |