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Is new severe right leg pain normal 2 weeks after spinal fusion?? i got the surgery for pain and numbness in the left leg which is much better.
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Not @all. See your-: -surgeon. If there were pedical screws used, there could be extrusion of the threads into the foramina. This is not something you should wait on but contact him/her now.
Answered 6/4/2019
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