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Trouble with scar tissue?

Posted by phxratt1 @phxratt1, Jun 22, 2024

Has anyone had trouble with scar tissue forming after a lumbar fusion or an SCS laminectomy? I had an L4-5 fusion in Oct 2023, and I'm nervous about getting a laminectomy for the SCS paddles.

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emo | @emo | Jun 22, 2024

What kind of problems with scar tissue are you worried about?

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phxratt1 | @phxratt1 | Jun 22, 2024

Scar tissue around the L5 nerve root. The scar tissue presses on the nerve, causing pain. It can't be surgically removed because it just grows back.

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emo | @emo | Jun 22, 2024
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@phxratt1

Scar tissue around the L5 nerve root. The scar tissue presses on the nerve, causing pain. It can't be surgically removed because it just grows back.

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Ohh, I see. Thank you for explaining. I’ve had a long fusion, T4-L3, I think? (I was a child when it was done.) I do have chronic pain, including nerve pain, but that’s not something any of the neurosurgeons or orthopedic surgeons or PTs brought up with me as a potential cause of my pain.

Hopefully other members will be able to chime in.

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| @mississippimud | Jun 23, 2024

My wife had lumbar fusion 9 years ago and lumbar laminectomy 2 years ago, during which neurosurgeon removed scar tissue. She still has chronic pain and is now on walker. We have not heard of any current solution to her pain.

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