I've been speaking to Steve for the past couple of days... he asked me to post a brief update, so here it is:
Surgery last Tuesday as planned. He got out of the hospital on Friday and is doing quite well. He's taking no pain meds and has very low pain levels. He hopes to go home on Tuesday.
Unfortunately, the findings were very unexpected. Dispite never (since the ADR surgery) presenting with any infection symptoms, labs, etc... and even his current labs being negative; it appears that the subsidence was related to infection in the bone. All 3 prostheses were removed and he has a 3 level ACDF with iliac crest autograft and anterior plate. Thankfully, they were able to get this done without removing any vertebral bodies as the Dallas surgeon had recommended.
Again... Steve is recovering nicely and I'm sure he'll be along for an update next week after he gets home and back online.
Mark
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