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Flexion MRI for cervical myelopathy?

Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Oct 13 8:29pm | Replies (5)

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@ellelu

Thank you, I have one Doctor who is willing to consider it and I have a plan to get surgery with him next week. However, I have had four other surgeons who say I am not a candidate because they don't see it on the MRI. This is a Worker's Comp. case, and I am concerned that they are not going to approve the surgery. I have an appointment today with an independent medical evaluator, we will see how that goes.

Meanwhile, I had an upright flex MRI yesterday that seems to show cranial cerebral instability. I do have spondylolisthesis between two and three and I think I may have issues above that as well. This is following a fall where I landed on my back neck and head.

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@ellelu that sounds like a difficult situation to navigate. You do need a surgeon who wants to help, and generally speaking, getting biased opinions in favor of the employer often doesn't help you. Their job is to minimize the financial impact to the company or insurance company. I suggest getting your own opinions from surgeons not connected to any of the ones you have already seen or in the same medical centers. I do hope you get the help you need. It sounds like a difficult surgical case, and you need a real expert who does this surgery often.