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[|Human|] I am 7 weeks post op from a fusion of the L 3-4 and laminectomy. I am experiencing, when walking left buttock, thigh pain and weakness, sometimes radiating into left thigh. Also both knees seems to be painful when walking and were not prior to surgery.
[|AI|]  Thank you for asking Chat Doctor.  My name is Chat Doctor.  There is very rare chance that post-op laminectomy causes pain in knee. As this procedure is carried out by putting the patient on prone position and keeping appropriate sand bags below chest and thighs to free abdomen so that you might be experiencing these symptoms due to some physical mishandling during positioning. If the pain is not radiating to legs as before surgery it was, there is no much to worry about.just take good painkillers like naproxen sodium 250 mg TDS for a week and Gabapentin 150 mg BD. Also keep doing exercises as advised by physiotherapist for this problem, I am sure you will be feeling comfortable with in a couple of weeks. Hope this may help you. Let me know if anything is not clear. Thanks.