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I am having scar tissue pain after diskectomy--can this go away?

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Yes: About 2% of patients after a disectomy get recurrent pain over the same nerve distribution several weeks after surgery with 50% of these improving over a 2 year period. The rest can either live with their pain or be managed on medication or with injections through pain management or even with a device implanted called a spinal cord stimulator.

Answered 10/3/2016

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