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Suggest Treatment For Back Pain Post Surgery Of Herniated Discs

I had back surgery Nov 2012 and continue having the same problem. The Surgeon repaired a hereinated disc and removed bone spurs...I still have the pain down my leg and beginning to occur in the other leg...I do not know where to turn from here. Please reply
posted on Mon, 22 Jul 2013
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It looks to me that either there is again a disc problem or last time surgeon removed a wrong disc. I would suggest you to take MRI of the spine to see what is the cause now. If there is any disc herniation then it will need a repeat surgery.
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Suggest Treatment For Back Pain Post Surgery Of Herniated Discs

It looks to me that either there is again a disc problem or last time surgeon removed a wrong disc. I would suggest you to take MRI of the spine to see what is the cause now. If there is any disc herniation then it will need a repeat surgery.