Does anyone know about severe pain after a laminectomy that only comes at night?”
The risk of a laminectomy surgery is it may actually be worse after surgery. Many patients get nearly complete relief of symptoms from the lumbar laminectomy procedure. As with any surgery, however, you should expect some pain afterward. If the pain continues or becomes unbearable, talk to your surgeon about treatments that can help control your pain. What are the benefits of the procedure? The goal of surgery is to relieve pressure on the nerve. This surgery should improve the symptoms you’ve been having. It may help relieve your pain. It may help you regain some of the mobility you may have lost in your arms or legs. What are the risks associated with the procedure? There are some risks when you have general anesthesia. Discuss these risks with your health care provider. A regional anesthetic may not numb the area quite enough and you may feel some minor discomfort. Also, in rare cases, you may have an allergic reaction to the drug used in this type of anesthesia. In most cases regio