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Replies to "Thank you for your reply. I had ACDF surgery at C5 C6 two years ago due..."
@jab29
Neurologists can do the EMG/nerve conduction studies of upper and lower limbs but this just detects nerve signal from spinal nerve roots to limbs (radiculopathy if spinal nerve roots pinched) and nerve health within limbs/peripheral muscles. EMGs cannot really measure what is going on in spinal cord if injured (like from myelopathy compression injury).
You may want your neurologist to do small fiber neuropathy skin punch biopsy using samples from thigh/ankle to see if that is causing your burning sensations.
Have you ever had your thoracic or lumbar spine MRI done?
@jab29
Did you ever have a MRI of your brain?
Does your cervical MRI show any spinal cord/thecal sac flattening or compression? No disc bulges or herniations? No bone spurs/osteophytes? No buckling or thickening of ligaments?
Have you read all of your medical records of imaging and test results in detail? Did your cervical MRI before ACDF surgery show any spinal cord flattening/compression or signal changes or did this show up only after surgery? How long after surgery did you get an updated cervical MRI to see what was causing your new symptoms?