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Bilateral Sciatica (5 months our discectomy)

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ben61715
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Had a discectomy in early December. About 3 months out I started to develop symptoms I never had prior to surgery. I now have numbness in my right and left buttock along with slight burning into both legs, but not very low. Never into my knee or calf, but the back outside of right foot goes numb. They did another MRI, which showed the nerves clear, but scar tissue at L5/S1. They tried another steroid shot threw a catheter caudal, but it didn't help.

That said, could this be bilateral piriformis? I never had these symptoms prior to surgery. My pain was always down the side of my leg more typical with L4/L5. However, the doc suggested we do both levels in the surgery. My fear is that he created a problem that wasn't there and now I have S1 sciatica and in BOTH legs. The docs seem to be stumped, but are leaning towards it being scar tissue, which they say is normal? I've seen several PT's about it, but they don't seem to think it's a spine issue. I'm not sure what else would cause this type of bilateral nerve pain though?

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