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What is a lumbar microdiscectomy?
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Keep functional disc: Term used for minimal disruption of normal anatomy to remove disc herniation.
Answered 9/18/2014
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Lumbar MRI showed N impingement @ L5-S1 & poss surgery'd be microdiscectomy to remove extruded part w/ min recovery. Now symptoms indicate L3-L4 impingement too. How would this change poss surgery/recovery?
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24 yro male, history of microdiscectomy X2 about 1 year ago. If disc(s) are fixed, why is lower back pain (non radiating) still present?
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G'day Doctor! I have a little pain at my lower back towards slightly right side of my hip region when i bend over. Got X-ray done, and the report says - PARAMUSCULAR SPASM. Basically, 2 years ago, got operated of Microdiscectomy of L5S1 and there was abso
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