I am not familiar with the Australian surgeon you mentioned. But one of the most important things to find out is how many ADR surgeries he has performed, and if you can contact any of his patients. While confidentiality is an issue, quite often patients will offer to help. Any surgeon with less than 100 or so under his belt is just too novice for me.
The surgeons most of us have gone to have done thousands of surgeries.
You are also correct about the injections...I had eight with no results.
The surgeons who dismiss ADR surgery are just the ones who haven't chosen to learn about them. There is a circle of very skilled surgeons who will be able to help you...it just requires some research on your part, with some help from others who have already 'been there'.
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DDD
Herniated discs C4/5 & 5/6, L3/4, L4/5, L5/S1
Severe compression of spinal cord in two levels
All conventional therapy exhausted, including spinal injections, PT, massage, etc.
In appeal with Gov't Insurance for Out-of-country coverage for ADR hybrid surgery of above discs.
Recently discovered that I am severely allergic to all common metals used in surgical hardware except for Titanium.
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