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It's no less viable an option than fusion and could be an easier recovery than fusion surgery. One of the arguments for ADR, though, is adjacent level damage due to the non-flexing fusion leading to more motion at the remaining, adjacent levels. That's not likely to happen to you unless you come from a particularly long-lived family.

Basically, if your local docs are pushing fusion surgery on you, look into ADR as well. If your local docs are arguing against any surgery, find out why because their reasoning could affect your decision about ADR