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Suggest Remedy For Continuous Discomfort Around My Ankle And Back Of Leg
One week ago I had a Microlumbar discectomy on 4-5, My biggest concern before surgery and now after is the continually discomfort around my ankle, and back of the leg. It is less now than it was before surgery; however is still there. Is this normal? Or might it be a different issue? I do have an Autoimmune disease.
It is not uncommon to have ankle and back of the leg discomfort after L4 L5 discectomy. It does give get better as time passes, usually relieved by 3 rdmonth. So it should not concern you at present. However it needs to be looked into if you start getting pain or numbness in a different part of your leg, or the intensity keeps increasing or its persists beyond 3/months.
Hope this helps..
All the best, with regards DrSBK
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Suggest Remedy For Continuous Discomfort Around My Ankle And Back Of Leg
Hi there, thanks for your question at HCM It is not uncommon to have ankle and back of the leg discomfort after L4 L5 discectomy. It does give get better as time passes, usually relieved by 3 rdmonth. So it should not concern you at present. However it needs to be looked into if you start getting pain or numbness in a different part of your leg, or the intensity keeps increasing or its persists beyond 3/months. Hope this helps.. All the best, with regards DrSBK