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I know my surgeon is listed there. What's more ironic I even questioned him about this 3-months post-op. All he had to say was that it was nonesense. Yet look at me now, I was not even a candidate. I have a feeling the reason Maverick hasn't been approved yet might be because of this process.
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*********************** 1/2006 DDD L5/S1 Prodisc St. Mary's 12/2006 not diagnosed properly pre-op and now have DDD L4/L5, facet calcification L5-S1/L4-L5, mild scoliosis and left knee pain. DDD: C3 through C6 |
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Looks like I might be right. Medtronic distributes the maverick disc and the x-stop.
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*********************** 1/2006 DDD L5/S1 Prodisc St. Mary's 12/2006 not diagnosed properly pre-op and now have DDD L4/L5, facet calcification L5-S1/L4-L5, mild scoliosis and left knee pain. DDD: C3 through C6 |
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There are so many ethical traps for many of us to fall in to now-a-days.
It's not at all uncommon in the Enron days of corporate scandal and greed. Big business rules all and, greed is common in America. I hope that we get our moral compass back on track in this country. It has gotten ugly when the Hippocratic oath means less and less. "Above all; Do no HARM". Wise words for all of us to live by. Terry Newton
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1980 ruptured L4-L5 1988 ruptured SI-L5 1990 ruptured C5-C6 1994 ruptured C6-C7 1995 Hemi-Laminectomy C5-C6, C6-C7 Mayo Clinic Bicycle Accident 2004 MRI, EMG, Facet Injections, Epidural Blocks, Lumbar Discogram. Stenum Hospital Surgery November 4, 2006 Prestige Disc C5-C6, C6-C7 Maverick Disc S1-L5, L4-L5 |
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My brother who's a retired doc/professor told me that despite my training in reading research in another field, to forget it in researching back stuff. Of course this was insulting but he was thinking of the NIH scandals then and that not all journals (then?) require the authors' to disclose funding sources. Even then, nobody knows how the sample populations were accepted as there's often an inherent bias in most research.
So I think.. - ans
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Severe, extensive DDD, considered inoperable by Dr. Regan, Lauressen, & some guy at UCLA. Severe foraminal stenosis (guess they can't operate!) and some spinal cord compression that Lauryssen would fix if gets outta hand. |
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