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A member asked:

She has diagnosed with disc herniation cause she has pain on her both legs, so wanted to ask about microdiscectomy do you advice us to do it or no ?

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Ask for a: referral to a spine specialist, who can advise you on various options for treatment. Microdiscectomy is one option.

Answered 10/13/2015

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I'm 30 and had a microdiscectomy at 9:30 am. It is now 4:00 am and I have leg pain and back pain - is this normal?

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