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Familiar with "TOPS" spine surgery?
Spine Health | Last Active: Jul 6 7:30am | Replies (73)Comment receiving replies
@brennankb55 I was in the same condition that you are and I had lumbar fusion and all the bells and whistles and it was 100% successful. Unfortunately, by the time I found my dream orthopedic surgeon. I had permanent damage on my flattened nerve root. As long as you have your Prince charming of an orthopedic surgeon I’d suggest going for what they recommend. My surgeon did all the revisions on the other surgeons bad work. I knew I was in good hands.
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How do you know when you have permanent nerve damage? I'm worried about that because I've had stenosis for 7 years and I did have a decompression surgery that only worked for 2 months literally. Now they say I need fusion there's one surgeon who is saying he thinks I could have the tops procedure. Where did you have your surgery done if I might ask since you feel very positive about your surgeon? Thank you and I definitely would like to know how the doctors can tell if you have permanent nerve damage. But your surgery helped I'm assuming?