Guest guest Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 I am having conflicting advice from two neurosurgeons. The first wants to fuse C4-5 and then wait to decide whether and when to fuse C5-6 and C6-7 and a laminectomy. The second wants to fuse C4-7 and do the laminectomy six weeks later. Both have viewed a recent MRI and are concerned that I am doing irreversible damage to the spinal cord and could be paralyzed by a car or other freak accident. The discs are aggravating my stenosis with it being the most obvious at C4-5. I have lived with a " wait and see " attitude for 13 years on the advice of my former, now retired, neurosurgeon. The new, more aggressive NS says he would have fused all three discs back in 1993. My symptoms are numbness, atrophy in the triceps and burning in the hands. I have very little pain. Does anyone have similar experiences? Suggestions? I am going to a 3rd NS to see two of them agree on the best approach. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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