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Old 01-31-2014, 03:00 PM
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Neck-rosis my doc(GP), says that if I have cervical fusion I'll lose mobility there and I won't be able to drive. I have been told that cervical ADR is not a possibility because of auto-fusion. Currently I have full neck mobility, I do feel a bit of pressure when I move my head to the vertical extreme tho'.
Autofusion has occurred in a small number of patients. If you look in the Article Library, you should find some stats on this.

Keeled device implantations, without post-operative NSAIDs will increase the likelihood of HO. But to say that HO is the norm is simply false.
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