Prolactinomas also are treated with surgery or radiotherapy, depending on the circumstances

Right lower abdominal pain with diarrhoea and fever is not going to be appendicitis but could be crohn's disease

The only absolute indication for surgery in disc problems is weakness. Pain can often be managed by nerve blocks but if not microdiscectomy is usually the best option. I had a microdiscectomy two years ago and I still get some sciatica - physio afterwards is important, esp as often other disks are degenerate. Xrays are pointless if the signs an... more