I had a 4 level cervical fusion 2.5 years ago. Fusion worked in that all my nerve pain and numbness in arms and fingers immediately went away. About a year ago I started to have neck pain and it has become increasingly worse. It is not a hot nerve pain but more of a bone/muscle pain. Sometimes it does burn. Anyway the first 2 neurosurgeons sad the MRI and X-ray show the fusion is good but the limited range of motion caused the neck pain. A third neurosurgeon suggested a CT scan because the hardware impairs the quality of an MRI. The CT scan show an incomplete fusion. I am a former smoker but did not smoke for year prior to the procedure. Anyway the choice of treatment now is nerve block or another fusion on posterior side.

Anyone have similar experience? Any advice on the options?
-JFS