Well for Peyton Manning he had a minimally invasive procedure prior to 2010 season and played. He had same again this year but not as successful so they had to fuse it. I know the surgeon who did all the surgury was Dr. Richard Fessler and from what I read he does do some ADR surguries. As for the choice to fuse or ADR I am sure Peyton choose the one that gave him the best ability to return to football. He may have had the option of both. For him I am sure the decicsion making process involved many components. The doctor could not force him to choose ADR and give up football, even though that may have been presented with the best chance for pain reduction.
Of all the football, baseball, etc that had back problems and returned to play after surgury all I have read of had a fusion.
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