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Old 11-18-2012, 11:56 AM
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Hello Jeff and thank you for the kind reply...
I am not sure if my surgeon at Yale thought I would be a candidate for multi-level adr or not. Judging by the images, I figured I needed some major stability that the Prodisc-L may not be able to provide. At the L4-L5 and the S1-L5 levels I have some crazy bone spur/growth… “elongated osseous foramina” as noted in my CT report… this might have something to do with the suggestion for fusion at the S1-L5 and L4-L5 levels. Maybe some stuff on my back side should be cleaned up?? Not sure. Being that the work proposed to me by my doctor at Yale would be done from the front, might make doing cleanup work on the backside a problem. I don’t know. Your question, proposes a few more for me now. Thank you!
I think that possibly the M6 may give me enough stability to go with 2 levels possibly 3. I am very interested to see what Dr. Clavel and Ritter-Lang have to say. I have been in contact with both and will be uploading images for Clavel today.
Thank you again for your replay, V/R, Ken
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-Started competitive Cycling in '89
-Ti Cage Fusion @C6-C7 in '02,
-Bad snowboard accident in '04.
-'04-07 picked up cycling training and racing frequency
-upgraded to Semi-Pro MTB in '07
-Got hit by car from behind while on training ride in '07... Herniated C5-C6
-Got Prodisc-C in '08 @C5-C6
-Back to Racing in '10-'11, Raced Elite/Pro classes...
-2012 Major issues lower lumbar from wreck in '04...
-Dealing S1-L3 DDD.
-Pain,Limited activities, loosing sleep
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