Is surgery advisable for spinal stenosis?
Patient: I have spinal stenosis, and a ruptured disk of the lumbar spine. I last saw my orthopedic doctor in April of 2016 and have not been able to see him due to relocation of his practice. Consequently I am on a regular dose of Tylenol 4 for pain management. The last time I saw my doctor there was mention of surgery for the stenosis. I m now experiencing a lot of pain so where I take more of my pain medication than I d like to manage it. Do you think surgery is the way to go? Doctor: Hi Went through your post, low back pain can be crippling some times, usually the indications for surgery for prolapse disk are focal deficit which means weakness of some part of leg and canal stenosis so I would suggest you should go for surgery and live pain free.