Try: Care recipients cr experiencing back pain will have several treatment options depending on the cr and the specific condition back surgery is one option in some extreme situations depending on the diagnosis surgery may either be the first treatment of choice rare or it is reserved for chronic back pain for which other treatments have failed if the cr is in constant pain or if pain reoccurs frequently and interferes with the ability to sleep the cr may be a candidate for surgery in general there are two groups of people who may require surgery to treat their spinal problems people in the first group have chronic low back pain or herniated discs are common candidates people in the second group are those with only predominant low back pain or have degenerative discs some of the diagnoses that may need surgery include herniated discs spinal stenosis spondylolisthesis a condition in which a vertebra of the lumbar spine slips out of place vertebral fractures degenerative discs information references webmd com

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