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Originally Posted by annapurna
Disks or ADRs fail - unlikely
As Jeepbrew suggests, the presence of facet hypertrophy would suggest that you could get ADR surgery and not have your pain fully resolve
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it may not resolve all, but restoration of disk space and stability can help a lot. I had bone on bone with my C6/7. My quality of life is improved by 80%
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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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