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Neurological surgery for chronic lower back pain after laminectomy
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@s3three
What levels did you have your laminectomy surgery on? What levels would you now need surgery on?
Do your updated MRIs show herniated discs, hypertrophic bone overgrowth, bone spurs/osteophytes causing stenosis, shifting vertebrae (spondylolisthesis)?
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The surgery in 2018 was on levels 3-5 I believe. Updated MRI from August 2024 indicate stenosis, a shift in the vertebrae and a depletion of the cushioning substance between vertebrae. Not sure of the medical term for the cushy substance between the lower-level vertebrae was identified as the primary reason why I experience the pain standing upright and balance issues; although it doesn't entirely address the intense pain laterally down my hips and upper thigh.