Sounds like you need a second and or a third opinion. Many surgeons in the US are not yet comfortable with disc replacement. What I did was an internet search of all the neuro and ortho spine surgeons in my insurance provider network, then called their office and asked them. Something like "I need lumbar surgery and would like to know if DR XXX does disk replacement".
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Suffered thru every non-surgical cure known without relief.
Pain management '06 to April '10,
Had minimally invasive PLIF with internal fixation on 12/28/09 for isthmic spondylolisthesis of L5-S1 (TDR contra-indicated) DDD at L3-4 & L4-5, All L-Spine doing well. Episodes of no pain at all. After being relatively pain free for 4 months, C-Spine gave up. MRI due 11-1
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