hank,
I am new to this forum and the best I can see is that most of the posts are threee years old. It seems that a lot of those who have posted have had failed procedures. There can be numerous reasons why they did not have positive results, but as I try to decipher why did their procedures fail, here is what I am observing.
Many have had prior surgeries, such as laminectomy or fusion. Many were diagnosed as "severe" spinal stenosis and turned to the vertiflex as an option that was never available prior to their surgeries.
In 2023, BioScientific and the FDA are not recommending the vertiflex implant for patients who have this type of history.
Myself, age 62, moderate spinal stenosis, no prior history of any surgeries and minimal injections (2) to relieve pain. However, I do have "mild" scoliosis in my middle/upper spine. This concerned the orthopeodic and neurosurgeon I consulted with and both did not offer optomistic outcomes for surgery, one being spinal fusion, the other spinal lamenectomy. The neurosugeon of course said he could correct the scoliosis with surgery (rods and screws) after the lamenectomy. The orthopeodic, totally not optomistic, even though the MRI, stated "MINOR" barely significant. Needless to say, I did not say sign me up to either.
I would love to have more recent feedback from forum members that are more like me, and not in advanced spinal stenosis or have a fragmented spine due to injections or surgeries.
Do you have any more recent input from forum members who have had the procedure done with success? If anyone out there reading is is that person, please reply.