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Reply With QuoteGood news for me.... I live about 45 min. from the city.
Now my hip joint is on it's way out. YIKES!!!
Click for image----> Hip joint MRI: MRI
This is a discussion on Rural Patients More Likely to Have Joint Replacement within the Education, Research and Spine Publications forums, part of the General Spine Discussion Forums category; Patients in rural areas are more likely than urban dwellers to undergo total knee and hip replacement surgeries, a new ...
Rural Patients More Likely to Have Joint Replacement Patients in rural areas are more likely than urban dwellers to undergo total knee and hip replacement surgeries, a new study found.
Among Medicare recipients, rural residents were 27% more likely to have one of the joints replaced (OR 1.27, 95% CI 1.26 to 1.28), according to an online report published Nov. 30 in Arthritis and Rheumatism.
See the entire article at MedicalPageToday...
Justin Averna
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- 1994: Football Injury, Severe Hyperextension
- 1997: Snow Skiing Injury
- 3/7/1997: Laminotomy L4/L5
- 1999 & 2003: Motor Vehicle Accidents (not at fault both times) --> Grade V Annular Tears L4/L5 & L5/L6
- 11/15/2003: 2-Level ProDisc® L4/L5 & L5/L6*, *lumbosacral transitional vertebra --> Dr. Rudolf Bertagnoli
- 4/2008: 4.5 years pain-free before "new" leg pain
- 5/14/2009: Dynamic Stabilization System L4/L5, Dr. Rudolf Bertagnoli
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Good news for me.... I live about 45 min. from the city.
Now my hip joint is on it's way out. YIKES!!!
Click for image----> Hip joint MRI: MRI
Last edited by New-disc; 12-07-2009 at 11:08 PM.
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* Stenum Hospital (Germany) Maverick disc implanted (10-19-07) L4-L5
* To view my post-op video's click- http://www.youtube.com/ type ADR surgery into the space bar
* Fusion of c5-c6 on (11-02-09) Boston, USAhttp://fusion-c5-c6.blogspot.com/
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