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I spoke to Dr. Randall Porter, MD at the Barrow Institute. He is a fusion and a Pro-disc surgeon. Now I'm trying to get in with the Mobi-C specialist also the Barrow Institute. Dr. Yeung is a respected ADR surgeon here however, he only uses the Pro-Disc. The other surgeons I spoke to were quite a few years ago so, they're not relevant. There are a lot of stories of people who have had unsuccessful surgeries with the Pro-disc so, I wouldn't recommend that one since there is better technology today.

I'm looking for someone that has a lot of experience but, that's hard to find in Arizona. Most likely to find a great surgeon, I think you're going to have to travel out of state or to Europe. Dr. Pettine in Colorado is a good one and Dr. Bluementhal in Texas is also recommended. I think the problem we have here in Arizona is because of lack of experience with ADR and probably due to the older technology as you mentioned. The surgeons that participated in the trials are the ones with the most experience and they are all over the country.

In the US, I believe there's a new lumbar disc getting ready to be approved by the FDA. You'll need to talk to the other lumbar patients here on this website as I'm not up on that. Also, fusion and ADR in the lumbar spine is more complicated because of the weight it has to bear. In some cases, I've read that fusion may be the better option but again you need to talk to others about that. It really is patient specific.