Hi Michelle,
I feel it makes sense to regain the disc height by surgery rather than leaving the
reduced disc height with DDD as it is. of course if you don't have symptom or pain with it, surgery is not needed, I think. I haven't had ADR yet, but I just got
reply from doctor telling me that by regaining the disc height, it helps realign the spine and get less load to the facets and also good effect to the ligament laxity.
that is what I heard.
the thing is (sorry for my english), the present artificial disc is a little bit higher than the normal human disc, so it gets a little bit more of the height with artificial disc, but I personally feel a little higher is better than shortage of the natural height I guess. I think the minimum height of the discs now are 8.5mm
to something like 10 mm as I read somewhere.
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93 trauma. left thigh and LBP eversince
97 l5s1 herniation and retrolisthesis confirmed.offerd
fusion or discectomy. declined fusion.
98 descectomy success.
09 seeking ADR and best option
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