Originally Posted by Dubious

Yeah, I have one. I had a C5-6 HNP that I nursed along until the neurosurgeon said all avenues of (a lot of) conservative care have been exhausted. I was also getting weaker, with increased numbness and experienced noticable atrophy.

So, at 8-9 months post-injury, I underwent a fusion, anterior plate with cage. A couple, three days in the hospital...uneventfull recovery...off of pain meds after a couple weeks with no problems with PT. Everything went upside down at 3 months post-op for unrelate problems but in so far as the cervical fusion is concerned, it wasn't that bad and feel that if that had been my only problem, I would be mostly fine now. Certainly much better than before the fusion. I am happy that I did it and feel that the surgery resolved to a very large degree what it was designed to ameliorate. I would do it again if I had to choose over again.

Hope that helps!