Interesting T-Spine Q&A

[Aaron]

Sorry bout that, I should have checked it to verify that it linked correctly.
Thanks Mark.

I just recieved another email from Dr. Fessler and I asked if XLIF was what he was using and he sent:

XLIF/DLIF is probably not the best option for a herniated thoracic disc. I use a minimally invasive transforaminal discectomy technique, unless the disc is calicified. Then the XLIF/DLIF techniques is probably better. You could look up minimally invasive thoracic discectomy to get information on it.
I am not sure if that means he would do a discectomy on it first or if you actually fuse it through those means. I am still looking that up, just got email from him.

There are very few Dr. I email about Thoracic issues that even take time to respond. Dr. Fessler and Dr. Perin both have emailed me immediatly after my email to them. Frankly, I am very appriciative to see it.

P.S. Yea Mark thats cool, the title of the post sounds better now