I believe the higher rate of fusion with your hip bone is due to your bone still potentially having active cells in it by the time they get it in your neck - I read this somewhere. But who knows, your surgeon's proceedure may involve something like a cage or a peek (peak?) not sure of the spelling.. and he just used my bone chips accumulated from surgery and puts that in the center of this cage or peek and then taps the whole thing in like you would a bone graft. He said that this process had been working out really well, and it makes the surgery shorter.

But if you go the hip route, its just my opinon, but I think its safer, especially after that bone bank scandel... unapproved bone and contaminated from the bone bank and given to people without their knowlege, people were getting things like hepatitus... He actaully brought up the bone scandel to me. But as this scandel seems now to be cleared up, it might be okay - just wouldn't be my cup of tea.