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Old 05-28-2018, 01:04 PM
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I'll admit that I didn't check your MRIs so this might not be useful but Bertagnoli used to perform ACDT, autologous chondrocyte discal therapy. Basically, if it works for you, he'd draw out the intradiscal fluid out of one of the disks he was replacing when you got your 2 level, culture those cells, and reinject them into L23 at a later date. Laura had that done with two other disks when she had her second cervical ADR surgery and it worked out well. She's been going for nearly a decade on the injected disks with no problems noted.
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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

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