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Had Spinal Fusion And Cage Was Installed Between L3 And L4. X Ray Showing No Bone Growth In That Area. Is This Normal?
I am 17 months out from L3-S1 spinal fusion a cage was installed between L3-L4 that contained bone marrow aspirate ,bone and mastergraft. my xray from july 2012 compared to now shows basically no bone growth in that area. is this right? i thought that the bone growth would fill up that area eventually, so there would fusion between the vertebrae. my neurosurgeon told me the xray looked fine to him. I didn't think to ask him about bone growth till after i was home for a few days and compared my xrays. Thanks for any help you can give me
Wed, 13 Nov 2013
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
If possible, please upload a copy of your X-rays that would enable us to give a better opinion. However, if the neurosurgeon felt it was fine, then there is no need to worry.
Also, do you have any symptoms? If not, you need not worry.
I hope it helps. Please get back if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
If possible, please upload a copy of your X-rays that would enable us to give a better opinion. However, if the neurosurgeon felt it was fine, then there is no need to worry.
Also, do you have any symptoms? If not, you need not worry.
I hope it helps. Please get back if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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