Certainly: Always consult with your surgeon when. But absolutely you may resume even contact sports like pro football after single level fusion is solid. Generally, this is the 3-6 month time frame after surgery. It is dependent on numerous factors: bone quality, plate/screws used, type of bone graft, xray appearance, etc.
Answered 4/29/2013
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yes: Once a fusion is quite solid, there are no activity restriction from having an acdf. The most recent, well known example of this is peyton manning, who had an acdf and is still playing football with the denver broncos. Once a motion segment is fused, it is really stronger than any of the other segments in the neck and failure would usually have to occur somewhere else. Thank you.
Answered 10/26/2013
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