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Also, what is the alternative... leave the osteophytes that are compressing the spinal cord because you fear that they might grow back?
I've seen surgeons use bone wax on the front of the vertebrea where anterior osteophytes have been removed. I have never seen it used anywhere near the spinal canal. Mark
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