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04-03-2014, 09:41 AM
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New - no surgery yet
Not sure if this is correct site since no doctors have recommended ADR, but from reading several posts, I liked the comments given.
Have seen 3 docs - two want to do open surgery with laminotomy at 3 levels and fusion L4L5 and one says decompression at L3L4 and L4L5 with Coflex at the two levels. I would like to only have surgery for the worst level L4L5 and wait and see for the others. It is better to do minimum and then have another surgery later? Or have one large surgery? Thanks.
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L2L3 = mild to moderate stenosis L3L4 = mild foraminal narrowing L4L5 = critical stenosis + grade 1 anterolisthesis L5S1 = moderate foraminal narrowing 
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04-03-2014, 10:23 PM
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How old are you?
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Born 1970/1995-Hurt at work/1996-Right disc fragment L4-L5 discectomy-On/off back pain,no serious leg pain until/2007-Right herniation L5-S1,recurrent small herniation at L4-L5 with unbearable leg pain/6/08 discectomy L5-S1/leg pain relieved/occaisional mechanical pain/2012-Cymblata 60 mg,occasional aleve/2014-LB pain not debilitating but chronic,Rhizotomy relieves facet pain on right side/2015-L4-S1 facets shot/4/15 PLIF L4-S1 with facectomy
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04-07-2014, 10:23 AM
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Oh - I'm 68 and have had leg pains for about 10 years. Taken shots and meds, but now pain is pretty constant, although it is still relieved with meds. MRI shows no space at L4L5.
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L2L3 = mild to moderate stenosis L3L4 = mild foraminal narrowing L4L5 = critical stenosis + grade 1 anterolisthesis L5S1 = moderate foraminal narrowing
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