my boyfriend has been seeing dr. yue for a while now. he was hoping to get into the activ-l trial since his anthem BCBS won't pay for any ADR surgery. the trials have been pushed out a month or two at a time since april, and he's finally given up. he's scheduled for a single level pro-disc surgery in december. the change from pro-disc to charite in the activ-l trial also helped change his mind.
from what dr. yue told us, they needed to submit the paperwork for the activ-l trial and were waiting for the prodisc to get FDA approved so they could do that. they finally couldn't wait any longer & changed the comparison disk to the charite which had been FDA approved for some time.
also, a note to people who intend to fight the insurance companies. we have been fighting his for a year straight and are extremely frustrated with the way they draw things out. it doesn't hurt to start the process while you're waiting to schedule surgery. we've gotten a lot of good information from the disc manufacturing companies to use in fighting the insurance companies...prodisc people are especially helpful.
good luck to everyone.
AMB
boyfriend L5-S1 DDD
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