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Originally Posted by TPatti
The "flexible fusion" you mentioned-this is not fda approved, but a member here had one installed by Dr. Clavel. The members handle is cfbugsbunny
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Thanks for the referral. My good friends father had the flexible fusion done last year by Dr. Kropf. He has suffered from back pain since his mid 50's and he's now in his late 70's. I suppose it could have been a clinical, but he didn't mention it. His lower back had collapsed, and the doctor suggested the surgery, they did it, and the man I am referring too, stated it has been his most successful surgery. 3 over the last 20 years. I didn't ask him if there was a fight with the insurance, and he didn't say anything about it. The benefit he stated was that there is no bone fusion. It's just a unit that is attached to the spine, the outside of the spine. The benefit I suppose is, if it does not work, you can remove it. thank you again, and I'm not even sure if that would be something that would be an option for me. Best, B