I had this done 3 years ago i still have to take large amounts of pain killers they put some sort of y looking device in me and caged it i have stayed sick since i wished i had knew there was something else to replace the distance between the vertabra any sugjestions
I have a question... I had anterior fusion of.L3 to S1. The surgeon used bmp on me. I still have pain and asked him if he would use crest bone. My surgeon blew me off and used bmp. Why do I have tingling in my legs still two years later?
@mb8638 The most common cage size is probably 12mm anterior height with 4 degrees of lordosis. The starting height is about 8 mm. The loss of height, imho, does more than "compress" from top down. There is likely some amount of translation on the facets and foramen resulting from disc laxity. Height restoration seems to address these problems. It is important to prevent "fish-mouthing" when distracting from anteriorly. Thank you for your question.
@orthochickpam based on symptoms and findings. Specifically, degenerative disc disease at l5/s1 with foraminal compression from collapse of the disc space. Anterior lumbar fusion provides distraction and indirect decompression of the foramen. Thanks for asking.
I had this done 3 years ago i still have to take large amounts of pain killers they put some sort of y looking device in me and caged it i have stayed sick since i wished i had knew there was something else to replace the distance between the vertabra any sugjestions
rodscamaro1 7 months ago
I have a question... I had anterior fusion of.L3 to S1. The surgeon used bmp on me. I still have pain and asked him if he would use crest bone. My surgeon blew me off and used bmp. Why do I have tingling in my legs still two years later?
joshualucas73942 10 months ago
@mb8638 The most common cage size is probably 12mm anterior height with 4 degrees of lordosis. The starting height is about 8 mm. The loss of height, imho, does more than "compress" from top down. There is likely some amount of translation on the facets and foramen resulting from disc laxity. Height restoration seems to address these problems. It is important to prevent "fish-mouthing" when distracting from anteriorly. Thank you for your question.
cdaspine 1 year ago
Is an anterior approach better than a posterior approach for L5 and L5S1. How do you determine how you go in and fix the disc? Thanks!
orthochickpam 1 year ago
@orthochickpam based on symptoms and findings. Specifically, degenerative disc disease at l5/s1 with foraminal compression from collapse of the disc space. Anterior lumbar fusion provides distraction and indirect decompression of the foramen. Thanks for asking.
cdaspine 1 year ago