I understand your predicament
The insurance companies count on that . They hope you will elect to pay for ADR on your own; which even they know is best, but they figure you will be desperate enough to pay for it and they don't have too.
But not everyone can afford to do it and what they dont understand or care about is how fusion will cost them more money in the long run!
None of us understand what they don't cover ADR. Its exasperating to say the least.
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54 yr old female 5'7" 147 lbs. non-smoker conservative treatments failed
2007 fusion @ C4-6 peek cages, failed due to long term use of cox-2 inhibitor
2008 revised C4-6 donor bone, plate & screws
2009 fusion with Roi-C @ C3-4
2015 MRI & CT mjr ddd @ C6-7, segmental kyphosis at C7-T1, 2-level M6-C prosthesis by Dr. Clavel Barcelona Spain
2019 H.O. formed behind M6-C @ C6-7 left nerve rt & in spinal canal.
2020 Revision C6-7 to a CP-ESP prosthesis by Dr. Schmitz Dusseldorf Germany
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