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    hi everybody, i am 43, very healthy with a missing nucleus pulpous on L4.
    I am currently recovering from a microdisectomy last monday which didn't go quite as I had imagined it.

    Helmut

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    Hi Helmut

    to our world,
    I am also recovering from a micro disc and re herniated it Give us some more information, you should do quite well with this surgery,

    Gil
    L5-S1 lam 1994
    L2 to L5 DDD
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    L4-L5 Annular fissure with mild central stenosis and moderate facet hypertrophy.
    L5-S1 bilaterial neural foraminal narrowing with inferior effacement.
    L2-L3 Right-sided neural foraminal narrowing
    L3-L4 related to posterolateral hypertrophic spurs and facet hypertrophy.
    C3-C4 limited DDD
    15 injections Depo. P.T. 18 months 9 dose packs,
    Nerve Block Injections.4 ESI S1
    L5-S1 Foraminotomy 09
    L4-L5 Microdiscectomy 09 ReHerniation 4-2010
    Surgery 6-29-11 L4-L5-S1 Decompression Fusion L5-S1 and Coflex F implants


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    Default re: here to learn -- recovering from microdiscectomy at L4

    It is not so simple as it sounds. As a matter a fact, it is very complicated.

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