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Originally Posted by Jstuckey

One other thing: Why would they put an ADR at L5-S1 with a fusion above? I was told that lowest level has very little natural movement anyway. A fusion above seems very counter-intuitive. My L4-5 was bone on bone and Mr Boeree did fine with installing an ADR there anyway. I had mild facet damage there also - what is your level of involvement of facet damage? Mild damage seems to be OK, but anything over that is asking for trouble. If you are in a situation where your facets are pretty well shot, you might be better off with a full fusion. (Just things to research and question your doctors about)

Well, you certainly have great questions. I was told that a portion of my pain was coming from arthritis in my facet joints at L4L5 and if he put an ADR in there , I would continue to have pain in that area. The Dr said I would not be very happy with him if I went through this and still had the pain. He stated that by locking the facets down via a fusion, the pain would subside. I do have some misalignment at L5S1 and he could not guarantee an ADR. I may wake up with a double fusion. I haven't seen another hybrid on this site like my proposed procedure.
Thanks for taking the time to reply and I hope recovery goes very well,
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