Thread: Do Surgically Removed Osteophytes Grow Back?
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Old 12-31-2011, 01:22 AM
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If the surgery repairs the reason the osteophytes have formed, they should not return. Bone grow as a response to a mechanical problem. When the irritation caused by the collapsed disc space no longer occurs, the osteophytes shoud not reform.

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