tman,
I don't know if a foraminotomy at the operative level would/should contraindicate ADR. But here is a link to a study in which 63 ADRs were implanted in 25 lumbar patients where eleven subjects had prior "laminoforaminotomies" at the operative level. The lead investigator of this study was one of the German doctors that Harrison cited that "will take anyone".
Good luck, Jeff
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C4/5 - ACDF in 2000
C5/6 - ACDF in 2002
C3/4 & C6/7 - M6 ADR, Nov 2009, Barcelona
Conceded defeat to a manifestly disingenuous BCBS-TX in my quest for reimbursement, Jan 2011
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