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How painful is a c-spine diskectomy & fusion?

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Dr. Mark Weston answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Spine Surgery

It not bad easily: Easilycontrolled with oral meds nothing like the nerve pain inyour arm your living with if you don't have arm pain proceed with caution.

Answered 7/6/2012

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Not bad: Typically, the post-operative pain following an acdf is not bad. You may have some discomfort between the shoulders and a sore throat. Typically, most patients do well. Check out spine-health.Com.

Answered 4/6/2014

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