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Does it hurt to get an anterior cervical disectomy done?
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It depend: If you mean the procedure heart, yes. If you mean the fusion later on will heart you, the procedure done to re if pain. When you do the fusion, that over load the above vertebra in the lcervical spine, and also the below fusion level, that will lead to arthritis which cause pain.
Answered 2/15/2012
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