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Clavel's recommendation for HO with hybrid fusuon/ADR costructs
3 weeks Ibuprofen on release....they pump you full of anti-inflammatory during your 5-day hospital stay. A "cousin" of ibuprofen. Quit the Ibuprofen after 3 weeks and switch to acetaminophen for pain killer. NSAIDS are known to inhibit fusion. He is not concerned for nonunion due to it being a 360 fusion with large cage in anterior approach. Plus, says the bone growth stimulator he uses( long name) is extremely good. And, he does use bone wax to mitigate HO. THOUGHTS?
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2013 - MRI and CT scan....DDD L4-S1 left side (where my pain is) interarticularis pars fracture/defect with Spondylolithesis L5 over S1 with 2MM anterior displacement Feb. 2014 - Hybrid lumbar fusion(l5/S1), ADR(L4/L5)...2-level cervical ADR (C5/C6, C6/C7). Dr. Pablo Clavel of Quiron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain. All M6 implants (PEEK cage and plate from Medtronic at fusion level in lumbar.) SAME DAY OPERATION for both areas of the spine. |
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All I know is that he used Ethicon (bone wax) on my two M6-C's four years ago and my most recent CT scan (today) shows no signs of autofusion or bone spurs.
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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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Nice to know that despite your lack of NSAID use post-op, your neck looks to be in the clear. Magical bone wax??
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2013 - MRI and CT scan....DDD L4-S1 left side (where my pain is) interarticularis pars fracture/defect with Spondylolithesis L5 over S1 with 2MM anterior displacement Feb. 2014 - Hybrid lumbar fusion(l5/S1), ADR(L4/L5)...2-level cervical ADR (C5/C6, C6/C7). Dr. Pablo Clavel of Quiron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain. All M6 implants (PEEK cage and plate from Medtronic at fusion level in lumbar.) SAME DAY OPERATION for both areas of the spine. |
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Yes, he removed a very large one from the uncinate process on C4 and left another very large one in place on the anterior of C6.
Yes, a double blind study on ibuprofen dosage in cervical ADR patients would be 'convenient'.
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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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Did Dr. Clavel tell you why he left the other one in place? Too dangerous to remove??
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2013 - MRI and CT scan....DDD L4-S1 left side (where my pain is) interarticularis pars fracture/defect with Spondylolithesis L5 over S1 with 2MM anterior displacement Feb. 2014 - Hybrid lumbar fusion(l5/S1), ADR(L4/L5)...2-level cervical ADR (C5/C6, C6/C7). Dr. Pablo Clavel of Quiron Hospital in Barcelona, Spain. All M6 implants (PEEK cage and plate from Medtronic at fusion level in lumbar.) SAME DAY OPERATION for both areas of the spine. |
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I didn't even know it was there until a check up 18 months later with a doctor in Dallas; Soren Singel. Dr Singel showed me that the spur on the front of the vertebral body had resolved on its own. Though that wasn't the first time he'd seen something like that, he said that it was very unusual.
I don't know why Clavel didn't remove it. I'd speculate that being on the front of the vertebral body, it probably wasn't hurting anything.
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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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