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Neurosurgery (Expert Forum)
Chronic Back Pain
Answered by
Nassim Abi Chahine, MD - General Neurosurgery
Beirut - Lebanon
Welcome to the International Neurosurgery forum. This forum is moderated by Dr. Abi Chahine who is affiliated with St. George Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon
Chronic Back Pain
by boneza, Sep 24, 2009 12:52PM
I had a Laminectomy & Microdisectomy on L4-L5. had a normal 6 week recovery, started physical Therapy and did PT for 7 visits. One night out my 2yr old in the crib and back went out on me. Couldn't walk and in the most pain EVER!! Spent 4 days in hospital. Since then I have had a cortizone injection which didn't work or help in any way. Still experiencing pain in the middle to lower back,butt,legs and groin. I am now going to have an EMG. What will an EMG tell my doc? Any other suggestions of what I should be doing to figure out what is going on with me?
Doctor's Answer
by Nassim Abi Chahine, MD, Oct 13, 2009 02:48PM
, Oct 13, 2009 02:48PM
many causes could be in the list of recurrence of pain. first of all re-herniation of the disk and that is THE MOST POPULAR CAUSE OF PAIN AFTER MINI SURGERIES ON THE LUMBAR DISCS. number too facet syndrome and listhesis. to differntiate between them MRI with contrast injection could be done. If an EMG show a nerve damage your doctor can confirm a nerve compression, most probably by a disk, but in case of no nerve damage your doctor cannot be sure of your disk status, so thats why this is a confirmation test not used for exclusion.
