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#41
05-10-2006, 06:55 AM
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(Not) funny how the FDA will approve Botox injections to control underarm sweat but not approve relevant procedures. I just heard a commercial while in the bathroom (loo) and almost fell off my chair!
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12/16/03 Work Accident Herniation and DDD at L4-L5 4/1/05 Discectomy Epidurals and facet injections 5/15/06 Discogram confirmed L4-L5 DDD also an asymptomatic L5-S1 tear 10/24/06 L4-L5 Prodisc surgery with Dr. Goldstein CAT scans & X-Rays show ossification Trigger Point Injections, Medial Branch Blocks, Acupuncture, Weekly Deep Tissue Massage 10/27/08 Discogram (positive L5-S1 tear)  11/25/08 L5-S1 fusion with Dr. Goldstein FAILED BACK SYNDROME Liberty Mutual WC 
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05-10-2006, 07:21 AM
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well we can only hope they make the anoucnment at the summit. which would be a great relieve but agian piss me off on why the h!!l would they wait for that meeting when so many are in need.
chuck
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ddd 1990 2003 mri,xrays,shots,emg 2004 discogram ouch pos l4 l5 facet block neg lost all appeals BCBS 5 months of that 3 surgeons later surgery with dr. bertagnoli aug 2nd 2006 in Bogen Germany Successfully ProDisc-L L-4 L-5
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#43
05-10-2006, 08:17 AM
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When is the summit? I still haven't heard from the surgeon's office/research people re the questions I asked. Will call again. Don't really like not being able to get questions answered when a dr/facility has proposed surgery and is requesting auth with WC... in fact, don't like it at all no matter how many surgeries they've done~
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#44
05-10-2006, 08:29 AM
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i think it starts may 12th.and yes mariaa i aggree with you. on nobody getting back to ya. i bet if you owned them money you would hear from them.
chuck
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ddd 1990 2003 mri,xrays,shots,emg 2004 discogram ouch pos l4 l5 facet block neg lost all appeals BCBS 5 months of that 3 surgeons later surgery with dr. bertagnoli aug 2nd 2006 in Bogen Germany Successfully ProDisc-L L-4 L-5
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#45
05-10-2006, 08:30 AM
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Spine Athroplasty Summit 6
May 10 - 13, 2006 Educational Pre-Course on May 9, 2006 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Call for Abstracts Online Registration Closes May 1st, 2006
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ddd 1990 2003 mri,xrays,shots,emg 2004 discogram ouch pos l4 l5 facet block neg lost all appeals BCBS 5 months of that 3 surgeons later surgery with dr. bertagnoli aug 2nd 2006 in Bogen Germany Successfully ProDisc-L L-4 L-5
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#46
05-10-2006, 08:32 AM
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and the guy at work friend did say the delay was'nt
on the fda's end. all inspections were done and they were all passed. chuck
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ddd 1990 2003 mri,xrays,shots,emg 2004 discogram ouch pos l4 l5 facet block neg lost all appeals BCBS 5 months of that 3 surgeons later surgery with dr. bertagnoli aug 2nd 2006 in Bogen Germany Successfully ProDisc-L L-4 L-5
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#47
05-10-2006, 08:33 AM
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Guess I will cross my fingers for something around May 10th - 13th, and hope not to be disappointed...again.
David Edit: I just checked, and Synthes (Prodisc) is a "Platinum" Sponsor of the Summit, so perhaps an announcment will be made there? I still can't wonder what the next announcement will be: Prodisc one level approval or Prodisc multi-level approval. I am hoping for the latter, but realistically expecting the former 
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47 years old Surgery: 14-NOV-2006; Straubing, Germany (Dr. B.) L4-S1: Prodisc
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05-10-2006, 09:17 AM
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maybe both david
 or prodisc-c
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#49
05-10-2006, 09:25 AM
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one can hope!
Only thing I can do is wait and see (and since I have put my life on hold for about 2 years now, I am pretty good at waiting).... David
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47 years old Surgery: 14-NOV-2006; Straubing, Germany (Dr. B.) L4-S1: Prodisc
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#50
05-10-2006, 09:34 AM
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I am almost positive the "approvable letter" by FDA to prodisc was only for the single level. I thought I had an email response from Prodisc saying the 2 level arm of the study is treated separately and will get it's own approval down the road...but my laptop crashed so I don't have access to my my old emails.
One can only hope this long delay could be related to the 2 level approval but I think we would have heard an annoucement or new bulletin about it. Hope I am wrong.
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Injured 9/01 Annular tears L4/5 & L5/S1 denied adr by insurance for 2 level charite as well as hybrid fusion at L5/S1 with Charite at L4/5. New ins paid for 2 level lumbar prodisc surgery on 4/7/08 (at age 39) with Dr. Westerlund, at Core Orthop
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