Dr. Clavel at first recommended ADR at L4/L5 and no other treatments. After talking with him more about L5/S1 he came back with a recommended hybrid with ALIF at L5/S1. This was based on some inflammation he could see in the bone and lower back pain. Same as Dr. Blumenthal at TBI.
Dr. Clavel also said he would definitely not do L3/L4 like the German docs. He said he sees higher complication rates and if it is not causing pain not to deal with it. Blumenthal had the same opinion.
Getting another epidural this week so hopefully that will buy some time. The primary pain I feel is a piece of disk material affecting my L5 nerve. Back is doing ok so maybe my body can deal with the piece of disk material.
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Born 1975 (Currently 48)
5'11'' 160lbs
Microdiscectomy l4/5 Left Side 2007
Microdiscectomy l4/5 Right Side Jan 2022
Reherniation l4/l5 RightSide Oct 2022
Chronic back problems with multiple episodes per year of back pain since 2007
MRI show significant DDD L3-S1
4/20/23 - Hybrid 4/5 Active-l 5/1 ALIF
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