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Has anyone had the ACDF surgery on their neck?
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Sep 3 5:33pm | Replies (69)Comment receiving replies
How did that surgery go for you? Doesn't fusion prevent you from moving your neck? That is what was offered to me. I have disc c5-6 gone and anothe disc that is bad. A lot of arthritis too. I'm just interested in what you think of how the operation went for you.
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P.S. I only had one level done and it has not really impacted my range of motion in my neck.
Mine was text book perfect. No pain; just stiff and sore. However, incision got infected so I'm on an antibiotic. It really wasn't bad at all. Now I have to go to PT. Don't be afraid.
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I had cervical spondylitic myelopathy at C5-C6 which caused loss of bladder control, walking like I had cement boots on, dropping things I would pick up, difficulty with handwriting/fine-motor skills, etc. I also had lots of headaches and muscle pain/tension in neck and shoulders. I had ACDF where they removed damaged disc and osteocytes pressing on my spinal cord and my own bone was used to create the “cement” between the vertebrae to fuse and then they put a titanium cage around it to support. My symptoms definitely improved since the surgery.