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953806 tn?1295460936

do i need neck surgery

hi dear dr. i want to know rally if i need a neck back surgery like they tolk me here at home. the mri  of cervical spine.
the mri cervical result was, finding.. the cervical spine shouws straightening of its curvature with normal vertebral body alignment. the vertebral bodies show no fracture deformities.
multilevel disc bulges are noted from the c3 to the c6-c7 level creating severe thecal sac compresion. without evidence of central spinal canal stenosis.the neural foromina appears slightly narrow bilaterally at the c5-c6a c6-c7 level, secondary to uncovertebral hypertrofic changes, the cerebellun and spinal cord show normal t2 signal, without evidence of myelopathic changes, no paravertebral masses are identified.
IMPRESION´-
1-PARAVERTEBRAL MUSCLE SPASM, WITH MULTILEVEL DISTAL BULGES NOTED FROM THE C3 TO THE C6-C7 LEVELS CREATING SEVERE THECAL SAC COMPRESION,WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF CENTRAL SPINAL CANAL STENOSIS.
2-MILD NARROWING OF THE BILATERAL NEURAL FOROMINA AT C5-C6 AND C6-C7 LEVEL, SECONDARY TO UNCOVERTEBRAL HYPERTROPHIC CHANGES.
I REALLY HAVE STRONG PAIN IN THE BACK OF MY NECK, TINNITUS, VERTIGO AND OTHER CONDITION.
BUT I LIKE REALLY KNOW IF A NEDD THE NECK SURGERY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
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623823 tn?1357416657
Sorry for being late I had my annual vacation
You need a cervical Corporectomy with cages or with iliac graft.
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953806 tn?1295460936
when i reciever my answer, thank you
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