Hip pain after minimally invasive surgery for lumbar disc herniation should be treated due to common causes, including psychological effect, concomitant diseases of lumbar disc herniation such as lumbar muscle strain, reactive edema, etc. The treatment includes bed rest, medication and physical therapy.
1. Psychological effect: Hip soreness after surgery may be caused by the patient’s psychological effect, and generally, there are no other special symptoms in the body. At this time, need to adjust the mood, after a period of time, the symptoms can be relieved by themselves.
2. Accompanying diseases of lumbar disc herniation: Usually, lumbar disc herniation can be accompanied by some diseases, such as lumbar muscle strain, lumbar fasciitis, etc., which can also cause lumbar buttock pain and other discomforts. First of all, we should pay attention to rest, and we can take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen to relieve the pain, and at the same time we can cooperate with the physical treatment, such as phototherapy and hot compresses to alleviate the symptoms.
3. Postoperative reactive edema: After the lumbar disc herniation surgery to lift the pressure of the herniated disc on the nerve, sometimes the nerve will have some reactive edema, which usually occurs 3~5 days after the surgery, and it can cause the symptoms of lumbar and hip pain.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can be taken to relieve the symptoms, which may disappear on their own for a period of time. If the symptoms are not relieved, go to the hospital in time.
Hip soreness after minimally invasive surgery for lumbar disc herniation can also be seen in other causes, it is recommended to exclude physiological causes, and then go to the hospital in time for treatment, and generally patients recover well after surgery. All of the above drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor.