31. Patients whose conditions are more adapted to surgical intervention are those who do not respond to prolonged conservative treatment . 32. "It was a choice of conservative treatment versus an invasive surgical procedure with the associated risks, " he said. 33. Although many minor disc herniations heal on their own with conservative treatment , occasionally disc herniations require surgery for correction. 34. But Gordon preferred to see, Pappas said, if more conservative treatment _ rest and medication _ would prove beneficial. 35. Patients who require spinal fusion have either neurological deficits or severe pain that has not responded to conservative treatment . 36. The people who are involved on the medical end of this have done this from a position of conservative treatment . 37. For the small percentage of patients who fail to get adequate relief from conservative treatment , more direct measures are needed. 38. Later in the 20th century, John Charnley pioneered hip replacement, as well as published on the conservative treatment of fractures. 39. Surgery appears to lead to better outcomes if there are ongoing symptoms after three to six months of conservative treatment . 40. Both efforts could begin to address the unpredictability posed by fertility drugs by convincing patients to accept more conservative treatments .
