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Old 10-13-2020, 09:37 AM
Cheryl0331 Cheryl0331 is offline
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Default Hi Philly

Thankfully Dr. Schmitz was able to place a cp-ESP. He wants a 6 week and 12 week Post-op X-rays with flexion extension. So around Nov 6th, I will get my first series.

The pain from traction during surgery and having to lay in bed for 48 hours was really rough. Revision surgery due to HO as advanced as mine is very complex. I should have had it done a year earlier. If its obvious that it is encroaching a nerve or going in to the spinal canal; one need to monitor closely and determine if benefit out weighs the rush. It did in my case.
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54 yr old female 5'7" 147 lbs. non-smoker conservative treatments failed
2007 fusion @ C4-6 peek cages, failed due to long term use of cox-2 inhibitor
2008 revised C4-6 donor bone, plate & screws
2009 fusion with Roi-C @ C3-4
2015 MRI & CT mjr ddd @ C6-7, segmental kyphosis at C7-T1, 2-level M6-C prosthesis by Dr. Clavel Barcelona Spain
2019 H.O. formed behind M6-C @ C6-7 left nerve rt & in spinal canal.
2020 Revision C6-7 to a CP-ESP prosthesis by Dr. Schmitz Dusseldorf Germany
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