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I am suffering from disc herniation and sciatica. What to do?
Query: Hi doctor, I am a 65-year-old female. My height is five feet and eight inches and I weigh 150 lbs. My MRI result shows a small left central broad-based disc herniation and inferior extrusion. I have pain in the sciatic nerve (hip to the knee). If I sit too long it hurts. I have had this feeling for ... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I would like to know some details about your symptoms: 1. Since when you started to have this pain? 2. Do you also have lower back pain? 3. The pain which you mentioned from hip to knee is on the front side of the thigh or the back side of the thigh? 4. Apart from s... Read Full »
Is fusion surgery a good option for disc extrusion?
Query: Hi doctor,Four years before, I met with a car accident with no external injury. After a week, I started getting pain in my right buttock and calf area. Later, I was recommended for an MRI and found it was an L4 to L5 disc extrusion. I underwent a microscopic discectomy the same year. Now, for the pa... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. A few observations are as follows. Your pain is on the right side and the MRI (date of examination not visible) says about the disc with stenosis more on the left side (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Kindly inform me about any neurologic defects ... Read Full »