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Old 09-29-2017, 05:09 PM #4
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Thanks for your post. They have changed my surgery to a laminoplasty where they enter from the back of the neck and use metal not bone. Did you have that option?
No, just the ACDF with peek implants. They fill the implants with bone that they shaved off doing the decompression. I have a 4 inch titanium plate with 8 screws. The vertebrae will fuse together. I have good bone growth, and I am now 8 months out. Good luck to you!
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