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Repair of Failed C-5-6 Fusion from Posterior
Spine Health | Last Active: Dec 13, 2025 | Replies (6)Comment receiving replies
Hi, sorry you are going through all of this. I had anterior cervical discectomy with fusion on c5 c6 almost 4 years ago. The scar is small on my neck and they do a good job as far as that goes. I also have horrible issues going on and its hard to find someone willing to help after 1 fusion already. I feel for you. As far as the anterior approach he is talking about, I think it will go well for you given the last surgery went so well. I was out of the hospital 4 hours after surgery with no brace or anything. The headaches and shoulder pain are a whole different level nowadays.
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@livininthestix
Thanks for your comments. You are absolutely right that finding a surgeon to even acknowledge you have an issue, diagnose the problem and agree to operate is near impossible. Over the past year I went to my neurosurgeon who did my original C5-6 fusion 8 years ago, and 3 other top rated neurosurgeons, even flew to Chicago from FL to Northwestern Memorial, and no one wanted to touch repairing and stabilizing a past fusion (which never fused) and clean up bone spurs and clear an impinged nerve, or even offer a guess of what my problem is. I was shocked that I could be in so much debilitating pain and I could barely get a diagnosis. One surgeon said, "well, you may have a torn ligament in your neck". What, after a year of pain, living on the sofa, and it gets worse every month??