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Has anyone had the TOPS device put in their back?
Spine Health | Last Active: Jan 16 10:33pm | Replies (7)Comment receiving replies
As an old spine patient I had stainless steel plates and screws implanted in 1990, then considered state of the art. They now know that placing stationary plates causes vertebrae above the fusion to deteriorate. It appears the TOPS device permits spinal movement where mine does not. The long term pain issues and activity limiting I have encountered is partially due to my fusion. I was offered in 2016 to replace my steel with titanium but I’m not sufficiently debilitated to want unneeded spine surgery again. If I was in your shoes I’d go for the TOPS but research your surgeon and make sure they’ve done plenty of these before you dive in. I’m a Jefferson patient too. Which doc suggested the TOPS?
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The tops was suggested by the head of the Cleveland clinic. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say his name but anyway he's well known obviously. I do have foraminal stenosis also which I don't know if the tops would help with that. Have a lot of degeneration through my whole spine but the worst is l34 where I have spondylolisthesis. Recently another doctor in Boston told me my cervical spine needs attention that I would be in danger of spinal cord compression if I don't deal with that. It's very complicated trying to figure this out. But I'm not sure which is Jefferson what is Jefferson?