Brent, just in case this helps...
I saw my surgeon today (still making decision on cervical 2 level hybrid or 2 level ADR) and I asked him if my normal curvature would be restored post op. He said yes. A fusion (PEEK cage) or the ADR (prodisc C) would restore my lordotic curvature.
DAnn
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DAnn
DDD/Cervical Stenosis
September 2010 MRI showed:
C6-7 disc moderately to markedly narrowed, mild retrolisthesis of c6 on c7 producing effacement of the thecal sac but no cord impingement, mild narrowing of left neural foramen;
c5-6 disc moderately narrowed, anterior and posterior disc bulge with mild anterior cord impingement;
c4-5 disc intact and normal height, potential posterior annular fissure.
Cervical hybrid surgery in Texas April 12, 2011, fusion at C6/7, Prodisc C at C5/6
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