I should note that Dr. Cappuccino also said that if you do need surgery now that he feels the mobi-c at least gives him an option in this country that he feels is a good one. He was never a fan of the Pro-disc and used to prefer to use the kina-flex in Cyprus thru AIMISS before the Mobi-c was approved here.
On another note, he conveyed some interesting feedback from a meeting he recently had with 2 local insurance companies regarding persuading them to pay for adr over fusion. He said that presenting some new data on must-level fusion showing that there was only an 8% success rate! They agreed that adr made more sense but said that they do not want to start approving because they fear that more people will opt for surgery if there is a better option!
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*9/10: Unstable pelvis & SI joint, sore IT band. Chiro care, I would shift out hours to days after adjust
*12/10: PT & chiro
*4/11 to 11/11: 5 sessions prolo and 3 prolo w/ PRP
*12/28/11 ESI L L4/L5 - 1/13/12 ESI R L4/L5 - 1/24/12 L SI joint capsule - 3/8/12 TPI - 3/23/12 L L5/S1 - 4/11/12 ESI caudal - 5/23/12 TPI - 7/10/12 Facet inj L3/L4, L4/L5, L5/S1
*9/12/12: 30 - DRX9000
*12/21/12 schedule. for L4/L5 fusion-CANCELLED 1/7/13
*7/16/2013: 3 level M6(S1-L3) w/ Dr. Bierstedt
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