Appreciate the very good explanation of the SED procedure and was ready to send my $250 for the SED but contacted DISC and they sent me Unitied Healthcare's policy on the procedure. Yeap, it is not covered.
On another note, finally got ahold of Dr. Scott Blumenthal's office and he thought my bone denisty scan was too low for a Prodisc. I am 37 and Bone Denisty is (1.7) - (2.4) range in L1 - L4. Could this be my underlying problem?
Say Dr. Andrew Dossett a few days ago and he said I should just have a microdisctemy and if that didn't fix the back pain he would leave it alone.
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2008 Back pain stared (M, 37, 185#, 5'11")
2009 MRI, Bilateral SI Joint Injection, PT, L4/5 Bi Lateral Facet Injection
2010 Acupuncture, Discogram, L4/5 and L5/S1 Bi Lateral Facet Injection, PT, L3/4, L4/5, L5/S1 Fibrin Sealant Injections
2011 ?
Last edited by longroadahead; 04-13-2011 at 06:07 PM.
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