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Q: Postop Pain In Spondylolisthesis

asked by: doc_brijesh on December 29th, 2004

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Hi all!!
My mother aged 56yrs has had spinal fusion at l4-5 and l5s1 with trans-pedicular fixation and nerve root decompression for grade-ii spondylolisthesis 3months ago.

The surgeon is quite happy with the procedure and mobilised her in 3-4 days time, gradually though.She's still wearing a brace.
The problem is that shes still getting pains in her right leg(no more back pain) which gets relieved with mild dose of tramadol.But she hasn't been pain free without medications.

A repeat ct-scan shows the instumentation in place and surgeon says its unremarkable.

I am a doctor(physician) myself and understand it takes about 4months for spinal fusion to complete,but if anyone of you guys have had a similar procedure, I shall be grateful to you if you could share regarding the duration of post-op pain relief.
Thank you.

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rolfie

replied on June 29th, 2005

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Re. Postop Pain

Hi, I had a fusion at l5/s1 along with a dynamic neutralisation at l4 approx. 3 months ago and also still have leg pain relieved by tramadol. I saw my consultant yesterday and although my x-ray also looks unremarkable he said it is not unusual to still suffer pain for 6 months and even up to 1 year following fusion.

Also don't be alarmed at the lack of signs of fusion growing as this can apparently take up to 2 years to complete.

Hope this helps, cheers.

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