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I'm 1 week post op from a c5-6 total disc replacement and c6-7 fusion. (acdf) i am still having bad shoulder pain is this normal? i am still on meds
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Postop Symptoms: No, not particularly normal. Understand, pain sometimes does not resolve immediately. I typically expect arm/shoulder pain to be better postop fairly quickly. Preop neck pain may or may not resolve completely. At the fusion level, if bone spurs were the problem and were not removed at time of surgery, it takes time for the body to do this and you don't get an instant result. Be patient for now.
Answered 4/4/2013
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1 weeknis early: Shoulder pain is usually C5 nerve root found at c45, follow up with surgeon i also need to know what the preop target symptom was to comment.
Answered 4/1/2017
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