But you have also given them a viable treatment.
Surgery is the only viable treatment for syringomyelia.
Most doctors do not consider permanent stents a viable long-term treatment for most men.
Bendamustine has recently reemerged as a viable chemotheraputic treatment.
Although long considered a viable treatment, experts now strongly advise against sucking the venom out of a snakebite wound.
Compounding this problem, the high success rate of organ transplants tended to discourage research into other viable medical treatments.
Brånemark spent almost 30 years fighting the scientific community for acceptance of osseointegration as a viable treatment.
The system, which is called cathodic protection, is perhaps the first viable treatment for the growing number of crumbling bridges, engineering experts say.
An anticonvulsant called topiramate has helped patients in three cases and may be a viable treatment for the future.
Surgery may be the only viable treatment for severe jaw-related problems.