7 Months Post Bertagnoli ADR with Continued Neuropathy

[Katherine234]

Originally Posted by Rob Wilson

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.

Rob,

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