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Toonces1 · 03-21-2009, 01:00 PM

I've seen a couple people on here mention that they did not fuse after a cervical fusion. What did you do after that? I thought my doctor mentioned that another surgery might need to be done. Does this mean you have to have the fusion all over again? I had the flexion and extension x-ray and it was suspicious because my bones appeared to move. I am going in for a CT next week to do a "reconstruction model" that is supposed to help determine if I did in fact fuse. I had my fusion about 14 months ago and I am being treated for chronic pain post-op.

If they do a new fusion, do they just do the same thing over again, or is it different?

03-21-2009, 01:00 PM	#1
Toonces1 Senior Veteran (female) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: USA Posts: 710	non-union after fusion I've seen a couple people on here mention that they did not fuse after a cervical fusion. What did you do after that? I thought my doctor mentioned that another surgery might need to be done. Does this mean you have to have the fusion all over again? I had the flexion and extension x-ray and it was suspicious because my bones appeared to move. I am going in for a CT next week to do a "reconstruction model" that is supposed to help determine if I did in fact fuse. I had my fusion about 14 months ago and I am being treated for chronic pain post-op. If they do a new fusion, do they just do the same thing over again, or is it different?