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Thank you for the reply, much appreciated. After doing more research, it appears that I will be going with a MIS TLIF on L4-S1. The reasoning? My facets are shot at L5/S1 (going to have to be fused in either scenario), but my previous right-sided laminectomy @ L4/L5 appears to have left my spine too unstable at that level as well, showing spondy at both levels. I am going for another opinion from a surgeon that does both, but I think the TLIF will stabilize everything in that area. My thought is that if L3/L4 start to fail then I could do ADR at that level.....
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- 37 y/o male - fell off of 20 foot roof in 1997 - L4/L5 Laminectomy/Partial Discectomy for drop-foot (right) and sciatica after accident (successful) - sporadic flare-up over last 18.5 years - now worsening with lumbar/sacral/coccyx muscle spasms - DDD L4/L5/S1, candidate for hybrid/ADR - considering Dr. Zigler, Dr. Zeegers, local doc |
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Dr. Yue
Mike,
Did you contact Dr. Yue? I have an appointment with him in a couple weeks. While he was one of the developers of the Activ-L, and was involved with the trial, I haven't found much in the way of surgical outcomes from him.
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28 yr old Herniated L5-S1 2/11 Healed up with months of PT Reherniated L5-S1 8/13 Never recovered despite lots of PT, currently unable to carry more than 6 lbs, and severely restricted in normal activities. Looking at options like ADR. |
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Dr Yue
I sent him my file. He responds quick to emails. But he is picky being from Yale if accepts you ( no pun intended ) you can be sure your a perfect candidate. I like him but he has some negative reviews on medical review sites from consumers of his service. Although none state bad surgery. I would have used him but his nurse called n said my spine was to small which after researching n asking him makes no sense.
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12/22/04 blew L4-5 and L5-S1 out lifting wrong 4/1/05 back to work thanks to Oxy 11/11/13 hurt back lifting again 6/6/15 last of many MRI L4-5 medium paracentral bulge with juice leaking and mid to left bulge on L5-S1 No invasive procedures except steroid shots that did nothing n hurt wicked bad 9/24/2016 Adr surgery Bertagnoli>1 year doing great |
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