Osteoarthritis in the spine should generally be halted as soon as the instability of the level is fixed by ADR. Facet growth due to damage, either before the ADR or after, might be a type of osteoarthritis possible after ADR but vertebral body osteoarthritis is generally the spiny growths that lead to auto-fusion and that shouldn't happen after ADR stabilizes that level.
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Laura - L5S1 Charitee
C5/6 and 6/7 Prodisc C
Facet problems L4-S1
General joint hypermobility
Jim - C4/5, C5/6, L4/5 disk bulges and facet damage, L4/5 disk tears, currently using regenerative medicine to address
"There are many Annapurnas in the lives of men" Maurice Herzog
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