[Maria]

Energy,
I believe you're correct in terms of matters not who the surgeon is as much as the patients own anatomy or bodily response to the surgeries performed.

As for Dr.Bradford.. he was the surgeon first authorized to do my 2 level ADR back in '03 but the trial canceled out and even tho I finally ended up with an ADR at L4 and fusion at L5S1 being authorized I have done nothing further to date re my lumbar. Of all the surgeons I have seen I liked Dr.Bradford's bedside manner quite a bit. He actually looked at me and patted my knee and said "I'll try to make you better".. wish he could have done the surgery way back when. He was having shoulder probs at the time tho and I think he was retiring as well.

I too have some cervical issues going on now (disc bulge at C5/6 and DDD at 3 levels)... I'm told that it's more genetic/hereditary in terms of my DDD.

I'm pretty much believing anything can happen when there's surgical intervention of the spine.

Good luck with pain relief~ I think that's the most important thing as long as you've still got function going for you.