Spine & Spinal Nerve Disorders

Surgery Statistics

1. What are the statistics of success for each type of disc surgery? 2. What was the severity of the disc protrusion in relation to the reports of success with surgery? 3. What is the severity of the disc protrusion in relation to the reports of success with non-operative treatments? Are those...

by Tara12331468 over a year ago

microdisectomy right leg

first two weeks I had no pain from hip to thigh. The third week finished, I can barely walk, as the pain is back 10 times stronger and need cains to walk. I am experiencing charley horse feeling in thigh area and my leg gives out.

by Guest over a year ago

lower back tenderness with no bruise

so i just realized that the lower part of my back (around my spine) feels like there is a bruise there but when i looked at it in the mirror, nothing was there. i dont remember doing any sort of activity to cause this pain, infact ive been off for a couple weeks now from swimming. but i was...

by hannahleemiller337660 over a year ago

Failed/incomplete spinal lumbar fusion

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I had a failed fusion 5/07, which made me much worse than before, & my research since is showing that this operation has a very high failure on women like me w/osteoartritis especially a multilevel. The3/4 level was stripped but too fragile to instument, in fact chart says it is fractured. I...

by Capri87453 over a year ago

Swollen and painful ankles and feet

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Help! My 73 year old mother has had swollen ankles and knees that are causing her great pain 24/7. This has been going on for 8 months now and is getting worse. She has seen her doctor, who dismissed it. My mother then insisted a couple of months ago, on having a specialist. She is bound...

by astoermer over a year ago

Delayed post op back and leg pain

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I had lower disc surgery two weeks ago next Tuesday. I was great for about a week. Then slowly the pain returned and intensified. Is this normal or did the surgery not work. It hurts as much today as it did before the surgery. I can barely walk. md

by Mdensford89712 over a year ago

C4-C7 dysectomy fusion with cadaver bones

I am 5 days post op 50 yr old male from my 3 level fusion with cadaver parts. When I got out of surgery, all I remember was waking up in my hospital room with no pain asking the doctor did you do the surgery and did it go ok. I did not remember waking up in the recovery room but I was told by the...

by wackojacko over a year ago

if i can have a normal sexual life and preganancy after microdisectomy???

I would like to know that can i have a normal sexual life after my surgery on microdiscectomy. I have undergone the surgery ... I want to know if i can have a normal sexual life and preganancy ... and till when will i have numbness in the left leg .. My L4 was removed after the surgery on...

by linda over a year ago

narrowing of the neural foramen bilaterally

I had an MRI and this is what is says, Moderate spondylosis most prominent at l5-s1 where there is narrowing of the neural foramen bilaterally. What does this mean? there is also mild spondylosis at l4-5 with narrowing of the neural foramen. I have burning tingling feet, it doesnt stop, and its hard...

by justmeandbre85239 over a year ago

Sciatica - Pain free after 3 years of suffering

I had typical sciatica with severe pain running down the back of my right leg and even under the foot. I could not walk unless bent over and standing for longer than a minute, my leg would go completely numb. I had an MRI that diagnosed severe narrowing of the nerve canal at L4 and L5 but the local...

by esprit138520 over a year ago