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Would you consider this Mobi-C failed and what would be the next step?
Spine Health | Last Active: Feb 15 8:39pm | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
Hello - does this image look like my device has failed at C5 C6. I had an image last year that looked similar but the PA the surgeon had see me said its meant to flex - no big deal. Fast forward a year - radiating pain weakness and numbness in right arm and hand. Ortho doc took xray and said it has failed. Same PA is seeing me as last time.
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Hello @rossetti99, I moved your message and combined it with an existing discussion on Mobi F failure - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/would-you-consider-this-mobi-c-failed-and-what-would-be-the-next-step/ - so you could meet the members who have discussed a situation similar to yours.
@rossetti99, If your ortho doc has taken an x-ray and has diagnosed it as a failure, will there be an open discussion and those results shared with your PA?
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@rossetti99 Hello and welcome to Connect. I've had a C5/C6 fusion. Your surgeon may suggest a revision to a fusion. I think your orthopedic doctor is right because it looks like the halves of it are offset and don't match up properly like half of it has migrated outward, but I am not medically trained.
I'm sorry you are experiencing this problem. A C5/C6 fusion isn't hard to live with because 5/6 doesn't do much at all for turning your head. The only range of motion that is different from before surgery is that I cannot touch my chin to my chest, but it is pretty close within one finger of space.
Jennifer