Post-Laminectomy Syndrome Treatment
BioHealth Pain Management Specialists
Post-laminectomy syndrome can cause persistent or recurring pain after neck or back surgery. BioHealth Pain Management provides personalized treatment to reduce discomfort, manage nerve-related symptoms, and improve daily function.
What Is Post-Laminectomy Syndrome?
Post-laminectomy syndrome, also called failed back surgery syndrome or persistent spinal pain syndrome, describes pain that continues or develops after spine surgery.
Symptoms may include:
- Persistent neck or lower back pain
- Pain that travels into an arm or leg
- Burning or electric sensations
- Numbness or tingling
- Muscle weakness
- Limited mobility
- Pain near the surgical area
Benefits of Post-Laminectomy Syndrome Treatment
Personalized treatment may help reduce pain, improve mobility, manage nerve symptoms, and make everyday activities more comfortable.
If pain continues after spine surgery, contact BioHealth Pain Management at 424-360-0066 to schedule an evaluation.
How Is Post-Laminectomy Syndrome Treated?
Treatment depends on the source and severity of the pain. Options may include medication, physical therapy, epidural steroid injections, nerve blocks, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation, or other minimally invasive pain management procedures.
Frequently Asked Questions
Possible causes include scar tissue, ongoing nerve irritation, recurrent disc problems, spinal instability, adjacent spinal changes, or pain that was not fully resolved by surgery.
Not necessarily. Spine surgery may successfully correct a structural problem while pain continues because of nerve damage, scar tissue, or another condition.
Symptoms may include aching back or neck pain, burning sensations, numbness, tingling, weakness, or pain that travels into an arm or leg.
Diagnosis may include a review of previous procedures, a physical and neurological examination, and imaging such as an X-ray, MRI, or CT scan.
Spinal cord stimulation may help certain patients with persistent nerve-related pain that has not improved with conservative treatments. A temporary trial is typically performed before permanent placement.