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November 19, 2009 - 8:50pm
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Prestige Lp vs Prodisc-C

My Nerosurgen told me yesterday that the best disc available right now is the Prestige Lp which he just started using last month...He said it is "superior" to the prodisc or any other disc in terms of durability...Also that he will not use the prodisc anymore because he did not like the keels...

Sadly I do (NOT) have aetna or blue cross so I cant get one in my neck...So I would have to get a muti level fusion...When I showed him the pamphlet for the M6 he ask me where I got it from... I told him Stenum hospital in Germany sent it to me and he said I might want to go over there to have surgery since it's half the price that it would be here in the US...I overheard my Mom and Aunt on the phone tonight talking about taking money out of the 401k for me to have surgery...The only thing that worries me is since I have a congenitaly narrow spinal canal nothing will help me...

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C2-3: Mild right facet joint degenerative changes and right neuroforaminal stenosis.
C3-4: Minimal diffuse discosteophyte bulge and mild central cananl stenosis.
C4-5: Mild disc height loss with central annular fissure. Small broad-based left paracentral disc protrusion. Moderate central canal stenosis-the disc protrusion abuts and mildly flattens the left ventral surface of the spinal canal.
C5-6: Disc desiccation with mild height loss.
Diffuse discosteophyte bulge and uncovertebral joint hypertrophy, moderate central canal stenosis-the discosteophyte bulge mildly flattens the ventral surface of the spinal cord. Severe neuroforaminal stenosis bilaterally, right greater than left.

4/15/2010 Pro-Disc-C C5-C6

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