Thread: Surgery for merely neck pain?--Dr Hoogland
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Old 11-17-2007, 10:13 PM
Lee Lee is offline
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Hi KL Aguilar

Thanks for your reply. Is discectomy the same as nucleotomy? My C6-7 is 6.3mm and C5-6 9.4mm

What symptoms did you have when you did your surgery in 2000? Was your compression effectively relieved as shown on new MRI? Did your discs grow healthy again (from black to white on MRI)? Dr Hoogland's opinion (6 mths ago) is that no one can tell for sure what kind of damage a compression on the chord will lead to in future.. As of now since I dont have any weakness, gait problem etc.. I can wait.. althou knowing that my chord is under constant pressure worries me.. and is frustrating..and im worried that when symptoms do surface, they might be irreversible..
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Aug 2006 - Whiplash
C6/7, MRI shows left paracentral disc herniation. 30 to 50% cord compression with narrowing of left neural foramen.
C5/6, disc protusion discovered with 2nd MRI in Jan 2007.
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