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Originally Posted by pittpete
Hate to sound like a broken record but take the time to rule out facet joint pain before going the ADR route.
I also was told I was an excellent candidate by Bierstadt and company for multi-level ADR and that according to my MRI my facets were fine....
Decided to go for facet nerve block and found out my facets were a major pain generator on my right side.
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I has test blocks and rhizotomy of facet joints and no help, so it wasn't facets!
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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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