Andi,
What a terrible story. Well, good luck on the 21st. I work in Richardson and am only a few miles from one of the TBI facilities. Please update us when you are able.
BTW: when looking for information on the ProDisc for your appeal, there is a LOT of clinical data out there. If you will Google "multilevel arthroplasty", you will find multiple clinical studies; many of them studying ADR with preexisting fusion. The clinical study publications don't typically use the terms ADR and fusion, but rather arthroplasty and arthrodesis.
Good luck, Jeff
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C4/5 - ACDF in 2000
C5/6 - ACDF in 2002
C3/4 & C6/7 - M6 ADR, Nov 2009, Barcelona
Conceded defeat to a manifestly disingenuous BCBS-TX in my quest for reimbursement, Jan 2011
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