It is a great question if shaving the osteophytes fosters faster regrowth. I wonder what other docs e.g a maven would say in a second-opinion. I asked one "maven" about osteophytes coming back and he simply shrugged his shoulders.
I think that hospital-acquired infections are horrible and to be feared. However, I was a patient at Cedars-Sinai in LA for ~ 3 weeks and did not acquire one. They have a strict hand-washing policy and everyone who entered/left my room washed their hands. So - maybe there's some hope but naturally this is a small sample size.
Wishing you well. - ans
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Severe, extensive DDD, considered inoperable by Dr. Regan, Lauressen, & some guy at UCLA. Severe foraminal stenosis (guess they can't operate!) and some spinal cord compression that Lauryssen would fix if gets outta hand.
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