I've had 2 Vertiflex implants put in my back. The first one was implanted in January 2020. In April I had an epidural or pain shot which did no good but I had sporadic relief, but not consistent relief. It got worse over the next few months so my doctor installed a second one in July. Now my back is much worse. I have to walk with a cane, and everytime I stand up I feel like I'm going to fall. My back feels like it is not stable. My doctor was disappointed with the post surgery xrays, and said he expected a much better result. Now it's about 4 months since the second surgery, and I'm nearly crippled. My back was much better before the surgeries than it is now. I wouldn't recommend this type of surgery for someone who has a really bad back as I do. My prior surgery where they did a decompressive lamenectomy and a discectomy worked great for about 8 years. This Vertiflex surgery has only made my situation much worse. I wouldn't do it again.

I just had it done 2 weeks ago and was still experiencing pain - and it was worse - went today and he gave me some shots - hard to say if they helped...very discourages

Had the procedure about a year ago it has done nothing for me if anything it's a little worse

Had two vertiflex implants put in my back L4 L5 they did nothing to improve our walking the procedure was quite easy the recovery was easy the results were nothing