Thread: Will the radial pain, hip, foot go away?
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Old 09-10-2007, 03:27 PM
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I'm reconsidering my answer. In the cases I know with permanent radicular pain after surgery, the pain is in familiar pain patterns, presumably from damage done before the surgery. However, in some of these rare cases, the pain is worse than pre-op.
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