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7 Months Post Bertagnoli ADR with Continued Neuropathy
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01-05-2010, 02:51 PM
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If you had leg pain and stenosis before ADR and you still have leg pain then there is always the possibility that the stenosis is still there. Just by placing ADR in between the discs does not necessarily widen the foramen. It is very tedious surgery to widen posterior foramen with anterior ADR surgery. Many OS's state that ADR is mainly for back pain not leg pain.
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Rob Wilson 2/06 L4/5, L5/S1 ADR Stenum Hospital - Iliac vein cut w/ occlusion of iliac vein and hematoma 12/06 thru 8/07 Laser Spine Institute - 6 surgeries on L3/4 both sides, L4/5 both sides, L5/S1 both sides 4/08 Bonati Institute - redo of L5/S1 right 8/08 Bonati Institute - redo of L5/S1 left 12/08 Bonati Institute - redo of L4/5 right and left 9/09 Piriformis surgery to remove piriformis muscle causing sciatica 
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01-05-2010, 09:40 PM
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My lumbar adr surgery killed most of my legpain.
My cervical killed the remaining leg pain in my right leg. Leg pain can be triggered by cervical myleopathy, just like headaches. BUT, I still have plenty of burning, termperature insensitivity which I believe is cause by nerve damage to my myleon. I hope it will resolve over the next several years. It is documented it can take a long time. Regarding 5 month in the brace, that is a little long. Chance is that your nerves are waking up, just as you are also starting to use your back more. Hang in there!
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Nov 07: STALIF Fusion L5/S1 ACTIV-L ADR L4/L5 Nov 09: Prodisc-C ADR 2 level C 4/5/6
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01-06-2010, 05:01 AM
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I had both low back & leg pain as well as stenosis (at L3-L4 I think) before the surgery. I don't understand what could cause stenosis besides a blown disc or congenital spinal canal narrowness. In my 20's one doc said I had congenital narroowness but no one else has made this comment - including Dr. B or FM). Will you explain in more detail what you mean? Would continued stenosis show up on MRI? Thanks for your comments Katherine
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Katherine DDD S1-L5 age 15 DDD S1-L2 age 24 ARD S1-L3 prodisc age 42 Dr. Bertagnoli 5/19/09 Last edited by Katherine234; 01-06-2010 at 05:03 AM. Reason: No title
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