Re: Hey Back People-something new!!!



interesting timing you bring this up og

i'm seeing a new doc next week, and not that i'm looking forward to any
of it, but this is one option on the table to discuss [i will need major
cajoling to go there]

for those who may go the back surgery route, here's some of the pages i
have-

basics on the various forms of micro procedures [ the surgery to clear
out damage] here:
http://www.gwhospital.com/p13258.html
http://www.spineonline.com/book/index.html
http://www.understandmisspine.com/miplds_article.asp
http://www.spine-health.com/topics/surg/overview/lumbar/lumb03.html
http://www.spinecenter.com/Brochures/pld_brochure.asp

for those who haven't seen how it's done:

http://www.spineonline.com/?gclid=COOJ6IDck40CFQWAHgodgQdejw

as to the fusion/shim, when needed, there are now half a dozen variants
for what to put in place, of course there is still the use of bone
itself, but also man-made materials, one of 'em is a 'screw-jack' type
of device that can be microadjusted after the fact if needed.



OldGoat wrote:

Hey guys,

I hate it when they have such an important story for so many of us and they
treat it like it was Cheney's dog (Bush) taking a dump on the White house
lawn. It was a 30 second blurb at most.
There's a new procedure out for disk issues, so put all your plans for
fusion on the back burner (you listening, Ronnie?) It called a D-lift. It's
micro surgery which leaves a scar about a 1.5" long. The approach is not
from the back or the front but the side. I wish I could read my notes better
but they did the story so fast...
They basically go in the side and remove the bad disk a little bit at a
time. The fix is so simple it's absurd no one thought of it before. They put
a spacer in just like a metal washer or shim, till it's lined up right and
the space is what it was supposed to be before the disk got screwed up. The
side approach avoids all the nerves that end up being so much of a problem
after surgery that land us in walkers and wheelchairs.
This is new, I haven't done my home work on it, but it's approved and it
makes more sense than cutting and dancing around all the nerves in the back.
Once again it called a D-lift and I only have about 30 seconds worth of info
on it which is not enough going under a knife, even if it's micro surgery,
but being an old mechanic, it's finally a repair that makes sense. So it's
worth looking in to before they freeze 3 or 4 disk levels in place, removing
all spinal flexibility with a titanium cage and a bunch of screws, hoping
the bone grows over it all.
People are up and walking the SAME DAY and out of there the NEXT day. I
wouldn't be winding everyone up if it wasn't for that little fact. Out of
bed that day and walking out under your own steam the next day and a scar
and inch and a half long is a big difference than at least 3 days in the
hospital, an 8 inch scar and 6 months of post op rehab, It would be enough
for me to cancel until I got more info on this D-lift. Hit the search
engines, that's where I'm headed and see if they can do it at 3 different
levels.
It may sound too good to be true and there's got to be more to it than they
can cover in a 30 second story, but another option is another option and
they're all worth investigation before a decision involving a knife.

I'll let you know what I find, please do the same.--og
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