Clavel's recommendation for HO with hybrid fusuon/ADR costructs
3 weeks Ibuprofen on release....they pump you full of anti-inflammatory during your 5-day hospital stay. A "cousin" of ibuprofen. Quit the Ibuprofen after 3 weeks and switch to acetaminophen for pain killer. NSAIDS are known to inhibit fusion. He is not concerned for nonunion due to it being a 360 fusion with large cage in anterior approach. Plus, says the bone growth stimulator he uses( long name) is extremely good. And, he does use bone wax to mitigate HO. THOUGHTS?
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2013 - MRI and CT scan....DDD L4-S1
left side (where my pain is) interarticularis pars fracture/defect with Spondylolithesis L5 over S1 with 2MM anterior displacement
Feb. 2014 - Hybrid lumbar fusion(l5/S1), ADR(L4/L5)...2-level cervical ADR (C5/C6, C6/C7). Dr. Pablo Clavel of Quiron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain. All M6 implants (PEEK cage and plate from Medtronic at fusion level in lumbar.) SAME DAY OPERATION for both areas of the spine.
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