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The consult wouldn't mean you'd have to go overseas.
It would be an opinion from a doctor who has no FDA restrictions. You send them your MRI, xrays, etc and they can give you an opinion based on much more experience.
My doctor back when this first started, only had 12 ADR'S for his experience. That was scary. Other countries are so far ahead of us and have done hundreds of these surgeries already. It's the first time I felt like I should move to another country.
If I ever need another back surgery, I would never have it done here. Remember, it is their "business". They need to be good salesman to keep your money from walking out that door.
Surgery is where they make their living.
If your doctor has no experience with ADR, then he will push fusion. If he mostly has experience with Prodisc, then that's what he'll push. It's business. We want them to have our best interest at heart but it doesn't always work that way.
If it did, we wouldn't all be on this forum.