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Recovery after microdiscectomy and spinal fusion: hospital stay, walking, return to work, and how long to stay in China before a long-haul flight home.

What spinal fusion and disc surgery cost in the US, UK, Australia, Thailand, Turkey and China, what each price includes, and why China's prices fell so far.

Non-surgical options for sciatica and back pain: safe exercises, stretching, steroid injections and TCM, plus how to combine an MRI, checkup and TCM in China.

How long people wait for spine surgery on the NHS, what the official figures show, how Canada and Australia compare, and your options if you cannot wait.

When a herniated disc needs surgery and when it does not: physio, steroid injections, safe exercise, Chinese medicine alongside care, and recovery times.

Disc replacement or spinal fusion? Who suits each, recovery times, adjacent segment risk, hardware removal, and how China's 2022 implant tender cut spine costs.

Can a scan done in China be used by your doctor at home? How to bring the images home in DICOM format, get an English report, and what doctors at home say.

How MRI, CT and PET-CT differ, when each is used, what radiation risk means, whether PET-CT suits healthy people, and what each scan costs in China and at home.

How long MRI and CT scans take to book and report in England and Canada, what official waiting data shows, and what patients in China say about getting results.

When an MRI needs contrast, what gadolinium side effects are common, which metal implants and piercings matter, and how MRI safety screening works in China.

Claustrophobic about an MRI? How to cope with anxiety, when an open MRI works, how medication or sedation is arranged, the noise, and planning a scan in China.

What a CT scan costs without insurance in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, what Chinese public hospitals charge after the 2025 price cuts, and radiation facts.