Treatment Reviews:  Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery for Back Lower (Lumbar) Osteoarthritis - Degenerative Disc Disease


Condition Treatment Average Result Healed Helped
a Lot		 Helped
a Little		 No Change Made Worse
Back Lower (Lumbar) Osteoarthritis - Degenerative disc disease
 Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery
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Spinal Fusion
 Helped a little
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I will be 32 July 2010, and I feel like I could be turning 60. I was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis, spondylolisthesis, narrowing of the spinal canal "officially" in November 2008, but I have been suffering the effects since about 2000 after 3 car accidents where we were ...

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Treatment Combo:   Pain Killers (Analgesic) + Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery + Weight Loss + Epidural + Flexeril
Dates:  July 4, 2000 - Ongoing
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FAILED SPINAL FUSION
 Helped a little
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I started wit DDD while in the Marine corps. It progressively got worse over the years to the point that my sciatica nerve was being crushed between 2 of the disc's. In total they fuse 4 discs and removed the sciatica nerve from between them. Since then 3 of the ...

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Treatment Combo:   Anti-inflammatory Medication (NSAID) + Pain Killers (Analgesic) + Swimming + Walking + Strengthening + Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery
Dates:  November 7, 2002 - Ongoing
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