Stenum Hospital M6 for Multi Level spine

[Bill1961]

Does anyone have any view or experience at Stenum Hospital and the Spinal Kinetics M6? I am looking at multi level surgery using the M6.

[Terry Allen Blackburn]

I can put you in touch with someone in Michigan who had the Spinal Kinetics Disc installed in their spine and they are still doing very well. I will send you this info by private messaging.

Terry Newton

[mmglobal]

I have seen successful M6 patients posting on the internet, but don't know any personally. I work with spine patients professionally and have had 2 clients with failed M6 configurations that required removal of the discs. Please note, that I have a SELF SELECTING negative population for some groups of clients, so my experience is not a reasonable cross-section of the population, so take everything I say with a grain of salt. I am not a doctor and don't have a medical background except that of a part-time spine patient from 1997 until 2000 and a full-time spine patient since then.

I gained a lot of info on the M6 when it first appeared at the Spine Arthroplasty Society's annual meeting 2 years ago in Berlin. See about my breakfast with one of Spinal Kinetics' EVP's after the conference.

SAS Berlin blog

I think that the most important aspect of M6 for multi-level consideration is that it's a mobile-core device. I like mobile core devices for single-level procedures in configurations that don't have suspect adjacent levels and don't have substantial instability. From my experience, IMHO, mobile core devices are less desirable in multi-level configurations because of the possibility for one core to get forced one direction and the next core to get forced in the opposite direction, creating a substantial spinal balance problem. Please take everything I say with a grain of salt... I'm not a doc... not an engineer. I just share my experience. I am not suggesting that they don't work in this configuration. I'm just suggesting that if there are complications, the failure-mode may be aggravated by the mobile core.

Unfortunately, I'm about to undergo a 4-level cervical (and thoracic at t1-2). I wish I was not back to getting the patient's side of this industry, but I'm going to be one of the top ADR users, with my 2 Charite's in my lumbar spine, presumably 4 ProDiscs in my upper back/neck and my wife's 2 lumbar ProDiscs! Note that with everything I said, I have a very successful multi-level, mobile core configuration in my lumbar spine. All paths come with possible success and possible failure. Do your homework... make informed decisions.

All the best,

Mark

[Bill1961]

I have done as much research as I can about Stenum to Dr. B. and Pro Disc C to M6. I have talked to several cervical patients from both and seems everyone is doing great.
I know more about this stuff than I care to. However, with that said I was doing just a little more digging before I take a "leap of faith."

[Justin]

Originally Posted by Bill1961

I have done as much research as I can about Stenum to Dr. B. and Pro Disc C to M6. I have talked to several cervical patients from both and seems everyone is doing great.
I know more about this stuff than I care to. However, with that said I was doing just a little more digging before I take a "leap of faith."

Good luck Bill. It sounds like you've done your homework...keep us posted.

[JKDE302]

I read this on Spine Health...

Turbodog wrote:
It's been 7 months since my ADR surgery in Germnay it's winter here Reno/Tahoe and i have been hitting the slopes hard. "I'M BACK" droping 25' cliffs on 55deg slopes I had some really good wipeouts at Christmas I did a head plant earning me 7 stitches in my lip. What I realize is that my implants are very durable " They can take a licking" I still feel great I'm ready for more. If I had been fused my head would have broken off. On another note the FDA is clueless they are broken like the rest of our government. I'm presently in the appeals proccess with my insurance to be reimbursed for my out of pocket expence of the surgery.I'll keep posting any questions please feel free to contact me.

Hello I was asked some questions.Answers:

(1) My disc are the Spinal Kinetics M6

(2) I had levels c5-c6 c6-c7 replaced (2)

(3) Regarding the fusion option they wanted to fuse c6-c7 c5-c6 and c4-c5 the reason the U.S. docs wanted to include c4-c5 aswell is becouse of the added stress of fusion. The German docs felt that c4-c5 level was not in bad enough shape to replace with a Adisc.

(4) The cost was 27,000eu included everything and hotelsI just had to pay for flights extra.If I had the fusion option here in the U.S. it was estimated around $150.000.00 GO FIGURE

Here is the link... ADR or ACDF

Im sold on this....

Is it 2 good two be True? He had a 2 level..

[JKDE302]

Can someone please give me more opinions about the M6 cervical disc?

Are they to good to be true? what do you guys think?

Anybody else I can talk to about them?

[JKDE302]

Originally Posted by mmglobal

I work with spine patients professionally and have had 2 clients with failed M6 configurations that required removal of the discs.

Mark

Mark why did the disc have to come out?

[Joe56]

Regarding M6 cervical, I understand the surgeons at Stenum have done the most of these, 3 years now, great results. Check out he cervical testimonials to contact some patients.