[leipan71]

update: I saw Dr Guyer yesterday and asked him a bunch of questions. He will use Activ-L for me based on my specific bone shape. He says it is a really good disc. He also said that he does not use adhesion barrier, bone cement, bone wax etc. He also does not preserve the anterior longitudinal ligament. Their revision rate is 1%. 90 precent of the people have 50 percent improvement of pain level. I asked him a bone density scan and prescribe a metal sensitivity test with Orthopedic Analysis.

He thinks it Orthopedic Panel one is sufficient for the test. However, i believe there is a titanium coating on the activ-L as I recall. I called the manufacture of Activ-L and asked for a list of metals in activ-L.

Does anyone have a metal sensitivity test with Activ-L at all? which panel do you use?



The panel one include: aluminum, cobalt, chromium, iron, molybdenum, nickel,vanadium, zirconlum
panel two include the above plus: Titanium alloy particles, cobalt alloy particles, bone cement particles, bone cement liquid

thank you!