It's a tough call - the only truth I currently see is that all surgical options are to some extent a gamble and one should weigh the risks against the potential outcome. There appear to have been two reported cases of m6-c failure in German publications. If these are outliers then probably not significant compared to the reported ca. 30 .. 50k(?) implanted m6-cs. I read the latter numbers somewhere so hopefully they're correct, this may make the m6-c the most widely used cervical ADR? I heard about these (failures) just as I was planning a date for surgery, I've now put that on hold and hope to find further clarity via additional consults.
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Age 52
2005 L4/L5, L5/S1 bulging disks, responded well to conservative treatment
2005 Car crash - Acute neck problems started
2006 Spring - Large hard broad based herniation c5/c6 with rightward bias
2006 Autumn - Left biased prolapse C6/c7
Physio etc since car crash, PRT since 2009
2019 - symptoms (arm, hand) worsen, "no space" left for right nerve root c5/c6, minimal cord compression
2019 Dec - 2 level ADR C-ESP SANA Köln (Dr. Biren Desai), C5/C6, C6/C7
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