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Old 09-03-2005, 02:45 PM
MedMech
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Originally Posted by MTI
Disc "replacement"? I would think that the typical procedure would be a diskectomy and fusion with bone from hip or cadaver.
Now they are experimenting with artificial discs, discectomys or fusion woek fine on one or two levels but they cause stress on the surrounding discs, which is my problem because I have 4 in a row with a couple bulging ready to blow on each side of those.
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