Success after 3 years of suffering

[Keano16]

Hi Maria and others,

I think that the key for fusions success is a STRICT AND PRECISE indication for surgery.

Recently, my friend had PLIF fusion for his big disc extrusion. At first I though "How can surgeon be that crazy and do PLIF for disc extrusion?". And now when I see him completely pain free I must admit that its obvious that PLIF was indicated and performed at high level.

I want to encourage all people who have been recommended a fusion surgery not to reject it immediately. If you have big problem, if you have tried all other minimally-invasive treatment options like laser, endoscopy, interspinous technology (depending on your diagnosis) and if your surgeon suggest fusion don't look at that like on end of the world.

Regards!

[mmglobal]

IMHO, artificial discs forced the medical community to do a better job of correctly diagnosing the pain generators, rather than just treating the levels that looked worse on imaging. The demands of remobilizing the system are greater and do require much more accurate diagnosis. (Read this as embracing discography!)

The increased accuracy of diagnosis for ADR has had benefits in fusion technology as well... better diagnosis means more successful surgeries... or less failures.

Off the soap box now...

Mark