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Can Laminectomy Cause Painful Knees With Thigh Pain?

I am 7 weeks post op from a fusion of the L 3-4 and laminectomy. I am experiencing, when walking left buttock, thigh pain and weakness, sometimes radiating into left thigh. Also both knees seems to be painful when walking and were not prior to surgery.
Mon, 27 Jul 2015
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Thank you for asking Healthcare majic.

My name is Dr Ehsan Ullah &
I have gone through your query.

There is very rare chance that post-op laminectomy causes pain in knee.As this procedure is carried out by putting the patient on prone position and keeping appropriate sand bags below chest and thighs to free abdomen so that you might be experiencing these symptoms due to some physical mis- handling during positioning.

If the pain is not radiating to legs as before surgery it was,there is no much to worry about..just take good pain killers like naproxen sodium 250mg TDS for a week and Gabapentin 150mg BD.Also keep doing excercises as advised by physiotherapist for this problem,I am sure you will be feeling comfortable with in a couple of weeks.

Hope this may help you. Let me know if anything not clear.
Thanks.

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Can Laminectomy Cause Painful Knees With Thigh Pain?

Thank you for asking Healthcare majic. My name is Dr Ehsan Ullah & I have gone through your query. There is very rare chance that post-op laminectomy causes pain in knee.As this procedure is carried out by putting the patient on prone position and keeping appropriate sand bags below chest and thighs to free abdomen so that you might be experiencing these symptoms due to some physical mis- handling during positioning. If the pain is not radiating to legs as before surgery it was,there is no much to worry about..just take good pain killers like naproxen sodium 250mg TDS for a week and Gabapentin 150mg BD.Also keep doing excercises as advised by physiotherapist for this problem,I am sure you will be feeling comfortable with in a couple of weeks. Hope this may help you. Let me know if anything not clear. Thanks.