Thread: 5 months post ADR & Fusion-big problems
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Old 01-25-2009, 11:54 PM
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what kind of fusion did they do? is the integrity of the contruct suspect or did everything fit together nicely. BMP? Allograft? ...???

Is it possible that congenitally fused L5-S1 is overloaded since they fused 4-5 and is now painful?
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