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Old 01-26-2011, 11:11 PM
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LionHeart... sorry about your troubles. I don't think they can do an XLIF down to S1. You may be having something different or I may be wrong. I think the pelvis is in the way for the XLIF approach at L5-S1.

If you can, please discover all your options before surgery.

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