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Originally Posted by Boxer78
So that's a ADR with a fusion?? I remember his lumbar fusion done by nuvasive
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No. They were two separate surgeries. He fusion is Nuvasive. Then later on another disc went (as they often do with fusion), and he replaced THAT level with an XLTDR, which is a type of ADR, just one that goes in from the side, so it is less invasive. His surgery was done by Dr. Coe in Cyprus through AIMIS.
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Multiple traumas to spine starting age 13.
1st American to have 6 ADR's in one surgery. C3-4 - C/7, & L5-S1 - L3-4.
Surgery w/ Dr. Clavel, 3/18/13, M6.
Before surgery: severe spinal stenosis C5/C6 (cord "flattened" per stateside doc), + for Hoffman's & Babinsky's.
At time of surgery: 5 yrs MAX before ending up in wheelchair.
Clavel found L5-S1 partially fused. Had to cut it apart to put in M6.
Please excuse brevity - SEVERE carpel tunnel.
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