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02-15-2015, 07:00 PM
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Dr. Pettine is awesome. I also had stem cell procedure done as well. Mine was for chronic pain though. Dr. Pettine's office has my info that I used to fight my insurance to pay for my two level adr in the cervical and fusion at the L5/S1. I hope you won't have to fight like I did with United HealthCare who manages Tricare . Please keep us posted.
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1998- Injured neck and back in USAF 2011 - Started experiencing Severe Symptoms, Migranes, numbness, spasms in legs and feet and sciatica. Feb 2014 - Received upper Lumbar Injection - Severe Allergy to injection Mar 2014 - MRI of Cervical and Lumbar, protruding disc in C3-7, Herniated Disc in L5/S1, placed on STD and FMLA ) July 2014 - Stem Cell Procedure performed Oct 20, 2014 - ADR (MOBI-C) at C5-7 and Anterior Fusion at L5/S1 by Dr. Pettine and Dr. Techy 
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12-13-2015, 04:20 PM
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Update - 3 different doctors involved here.
June 2015 Lumber stem cell procedure at L3-L4-L5-S1. The L3-L4-L5 was protective in nature. The L5-S1 was a final attempt at avoiding surgery. It looks like L3-L4-L5 are in good shape but the L5-S1 has collapsed. - I was nearly collapsed before the procedure. August 2015 Lumber MRI - L5-S1 Encroachment - Near total disc collapse. December - CT scan show chronic Pars fracture on L5. Visually the lamina is free floating and no longer attached to L5. Synovial cyst L4 - 8mm Fusion recommended at L5-S1 with removal of floating lamina. Insert supporting screws/rods on both sides to stabilize and restore disc height thereby relieving the encroachment issue. I'm coming to accept that ADR is not an option on L5-S1 anymore. I haven't seen many posts about Synovial cysts. Anyone with experience with Synovial cysts in relation to ADR? The last doctor that found it want to leave it alone.
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12/2011 C4-C5 DDD bilateral foraminal stenosis C5-C6 posterior disc bulge 6/14 C4-C5 disc bulge severe foraminal stenosis. 3/2016 L5-S1 Fusion/rods Cosmolock hardware 5/2017 L3 Central stenosis decompression
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