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Old 08-13-2012, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by annapurna View Post
You might consider your combination of a microdisectomy and a foraminotomy together with some of the investigational stem cell techniques to see if you can restrengthen the disk after the microdisectomy and buy time.
Could a foraminotomy disqualify a patient ADR surgery down the road?
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1992: Bilateral bony fusion @ L5-S1
10/2013: M6 @ C5-6, C6-7 & L4-5
8/2014: Anterior Foraminotomy @ C3-4 & Posterior Lumbar Decompression (iO-flex)
1/2015: M6 @ C3-4
1/2017: Revision @ C3-4 (M6 replaced with new M6); M6 @ C4-5
4/2017: Posterior micro-decompression @ L4-5 & L5-S1
1/2018: M6 @ C2-3
8/2018: Revision @ C3-4 (M6 replaced with anterior fusion (no plate or screws))
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