Significant improvement after 18 years, via slow but steady body response, is really something. It is remarkable how the body can absorb the whole disc over time. It puts a different perspective on the sometimes quoted medical advice about considering surgery if conservative treatment doesn't help after 6 weeks. The other angle is what will be the outcomes after 18 years for the thousands of people with implanted ADR's. Personally I have not been able to find many truly independent studies about this. It would be a traumatic experience with unknown outcome to have to get one dug out within your lifetime, imo.
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