Pain after minimally invasive lumbar disc surgery can disappear within one month for most people, and it may take about three months if it is severe.
Lumbar disc herniation compresses the nerves, edema of the nerve roots can occur, aseptic inflammation occurs, manifested as pain in the lower limbs, this kind of pain is slower to recover, if the local compression before the surgery is relatively light, the pain can disappear completely in about a month.
The time for the pain to disappear after minimally invasive lumbar disc surgery depends on the degree of compression of the herniated disc, nutritional support, physical fitness and other factors. If the local compression is more serious, the nerve edema, degeneration recovery to be slower, it may take about three months, if the pain can be prescribed oral methylcobalamin dispersible tablets, pregabalin or diclofenac sodium.
If the pain is not relieved for a long time after the minimally invasive lumbar disc surgery, please go to the hospital in time and follow the doctor’s instructions to deal with it, and do not blindly use medication on your own, so as not to delay the condition.