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Old 08-04-2009, 05:28 PM
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Unhappy Prodiscs Fusing

Lumbar L4-L5 Prodisc-L in 2005 at UC San Francisco with Bradford (a heavy hitter)

Cervical 2 level Prodisc-C ADR in 2005 with Bertagnoli (top dog in Europe I was told)

If I had known about this fusing issue, I don't know if I would have done anything different at the time. The talk of "preventing adjacent level deterioration and preserving motion" was very seductive.

Now, I have been told by several consults that there are many people reporting this problem and that it is something like 5-10% of those who've had Prodisc or other ADR surgery in the previous 3-5 years.
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2007 L4-L5 fusion
2006 C6-C7 foraminotomy
2005 L4-L5 Prodisc and L5-S1 fusion
2005 C5/C6 and C6/C7 Prodisc-C
2002 L4-L5 microdiscectomy
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