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| Surgical Outcomes and Blogs Discuss C3-4, C5-6, C6-7, T1-2 ProDisc-C Nova ADR blog in the Main forums forums; What great news. I wish you all the best. Did you get a C7-T1 disc? I did not think ... |
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05-24-2009, 12:22 AM
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What great news. I wish you all the best. Did you get a C7-T1 disc? I did not think that they had those discs yet.
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Chiari 1 malformation - successful surgery 1-22-09 C5-6 herniation (extrusion) with moderate central canal stenosis and bilateral foraminal stenosis. Prodisc-C @ C5-6 surgery on 5/28/09 VATS thoracic fusion @ T3-4 and T6-7 on 9/11/09 Fusion w/cage @ C7-T1 on 11/12/09 
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05-24-2009, 01:12 AM
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The issue with C7-T1 is not the disc... it's the difficulty in the approach. Bertagnoli has done many of these. We skipped my C7-T1 because the disc was not too severely compromised, but T1-T2 was and Bertagnoli replaced it.
Yesterday I was talking to a very experienced US cervical ADR surgeon and he was surprised that T1-T2 was even possible via the anterior approach. The ability to do C7-T1 and T1-T2 depends upon your anatomy. (Long neck folks are possible, short neck folks are not.) It also depends upon the surgeon's experience.
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1997 MVA 2000 L4-5 Microdiscectomy/laminotomy 2001 L5-S1 Micro-d/lami 2002 L4-S1 Charite' ADR - SUCCESS! 2009 C3-C4, C5-C6-C7, T1-T2 ProDisc-C Nova Summer 2009, more bad thoracic discs! Life After Surgery Website President: Global Patient Network, Inc. Founder: www.iSpine.org
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