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71 Years. Pain In Back And Left Leg. On Total Rest. Help

my mother is 71 years old and she suffering from pain in back and left leg and she is taking total rest since last four months. We shown to orthopedic doctors there has been some relief to her in pain (D-12)
but still there is a pain in her left leg.
can you sir help me in this matter
thanks
Manish Sanghvi
Email: YYYY@YYYY
Tue, 4 Jun 2013
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HI Manish ! I am Dr Shareef, a general surgeon.
It would have been of more help if you could provide me with the reports of investigations done so far including that of an MRI if done.The symptoms of your mother goes more in favour of a prolapsed inter vertebral disc with some amount of pressure to the nerve roots due to which the pain in the left leg is persisting. After discussing with the treating orthopaedic surgeons, you can plan for a MRI scan for your mother and its report will decide further course of action.
I wish your mother an early recovery.
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71 Years. Pain In Back And Left Leg. On Total Rest. Help

HI Manish ! I am Dr Shareef, a general surgeon. It would have been of more help if you could provide me with the reports of investigations done so far including that of an MRI if done.The symptoms of your mother goes more in favour of a prolapsed inter vertebral disc with some amount of pressure to the nerve roots due to which the pain in the left leg is persisting. After discussing with the treating orthopaedic surgeons, you can plan for a MRI scan for your mother and its report will decide further course of action. I wish your mother an early recovery.