think about this
How would a Jellyfish move if you fused it? ;o) Seriously, I went $32,000 USD in debt plus $5000 in travel. I have two medical loans. Best thing I ever did was going to Clavel. God blessed him and it gave me my life back. You can see my post op x-rays under my profile. I will be forever grateful. My fusion surgery was hell. I am probably one of a few people that have a three level fusion over a two level ADR in the world! Would you fuse your knee, ankle, hip or wrist? NO. You replace it with something that moves as close to what you did naturally. Why should you treat your spine any differently? I know there are risk, but that is with everything. ADR now. If it doesn't work, fuse later.
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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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