Numbness After Microdiscectomy Posted: 03-10-06 10:20am
Hello,
i am hoping to get some advice here, after
having a herniated disc for almost 2 years
that caused me lots of leg pain, I had
microdiscetomy on monday 3/6/05 on l5 s1.
Since my surgery I have had numbness in my
butt, between my leg and all the way down
to my toes. I have called my doctor to
let him know what is going on and he did
not seem to very worried. I am wondering
if anybody has had the same results after
surgery and if so how long did it take to
go away? I am soooo worried that my leg
and butt will always be numb now.
Thanks for any advice,
christine
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arunlnaik
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Joined: 17 Mar 2006 Posts: 11 Location: Bangalore
...but Numbness Why? Posted: 03-17-06 13:03pm
Hi christine
we tell all our patients that the numbness
persists after surgery for about 6 weeks
or so. But any unusual numbness lasting
for more than 3 months needs evaluation.
You may need to go in for an mri test
along with gadolinium injections to rule
out perineuritis or recurrent or residual
disc fragments pressing on your nerves.
May be you can see someone else, if you
dont mind.
