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Pins, needles and numbness after chiari operations and cervical discectomy. is this normal?
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Clarification: 1. After cervical discectomy some times the nerve root can be irritated or recover from compression to cause pins/needle sensation. 2. Chiari decompression usually will not cause pins/needle sensation in arms/legs, unless severe compression of the brain stem/or associated syrnix was noted in the initial mri.
Answered 1/27/2015
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