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Sciatica is pain that emanates along the sciatic nerve. Most sciatica patients do not need surgery, however, surgery can resolve sciatica caused by a herniated disc. A minimally invasive surgical procedure that may be conducted on a sciatica patient is a microdiscectomy.  Sciatica pain after microdiscectomy is common, whereby, one experiences pain along the sciatic nerve after the surgery especially, on the leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A glimpse of microdiscectomy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A microdiscectomy is a very effective surgical procedure<\/a> that removes part of the bulging or herniated intervertebral disc within the lower spine and leaves the healthy portion intact.  Muscle tissues are removed from the lamina to make a window in the spinal canal. With the disc\u2019s portion now not causing blockage, the herniated tissue is removed. With a herniated disc, the disc can press on the spinal nerves causing numbness and pain in the buttocks or the leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A microdiscectomy significantly reduces sciatic pain but some aching may be felt along the sciatic nerve afterwards since, not everyone experiences a complete relief after the procedure. At times the nerve has what may be termed as a \u201cmemory\u201d of the pain and it remains quite irritable. A typical microdiscectomy recovery takes place in about six weeks Post Op and the patient will experience an increased comfort level as time goes by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other possible causes of sciatica after a microdiscectomy may be;<\/p>\n\n\n\n