A patient presents with three month of severe s...

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A patient presents with three month of severe sciatica as the result of an L5-S1 disc herniation. He has a long history of back pain and slight weakness of ankle plantar flexion. He has a lumbar microdiscectomy. All of the following are true EXCEPT: