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Familiar with "TOPS" spine surgery?
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@ou14mejc
I always get the osteoporosis numbers confused so it's the higher numbers that are bad, like over 2.5 is bad. What were your numbers that they said you could have TOPS?
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@annie1 I was told that due to having 2 previous fusions I am not a candidate for TOPS.
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@annie1 My neurosurgeon told me you needed a T-score less than -2.0. Mine is -1.3 and I was approved yesterday. Those numbers are standard deviations....The greater the negative number, the more severe the osteoporosis....so anything -2.0 or greater is a disqualifier, according to my surgeon. So to answer your question, positive numbers are good....it's the big negative numbers that are bad. Hope this helps.