A friend had surgery about 5 or 6 years ago by Dr. Richard Fessler at the Univ. of Chicago Hospital. He had a minimally invasive fusion at L5-S1 and is very happy and really has respect for Dr. Fessler. According to my firend, Dr. Fessler was named Head of the Neurosurgery Dept. a couple of years ago, so I don't think he sees as many patients anymore, but might be worth talking to.
Good luck,
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Don G.
3 level DDD L5-S1 through L3-L4.
"Compressed" L5-S1 in ~1992.
Herniation at L3-L4 and L4-L5
Fusion or ADR in near future
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