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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Acdf: The Informed Patient: My Journey Undergoing Neck Fusion Surgery

Acdf: The Informed Patient: My Journey Undergoing Neck Fusion Surgery

Smith, Patrick O.
Zagata, Mateusz

Paperback

Biographies GeneralHealth GeneralMedical Reference

ISBN10: 1600251633
ISBN13: 9781600251634
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Dec 22 2020
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.29 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In July, 2006, Patrick O. Smith was involved in a serious motocross accident. For the next six years he suffered increasing neck, back and shoulder pain that gradually made even normal activities challenging. His long road toward healing led to a diagnosis of compressed nerves due to a ruptured cervical disc, and a recommended treatment of ACDF-or neck fusion surgery.Patrick's journey did not end there.ACDF (anterior cervical discectomy and fusion) surgery is one of the most common treatments to alleviate pain from severe neck injury, with over a hundred thousand procedures performed every year in the U.S. But like all major medical interventions, it's not without risk, and it's not recommended for everyone. Patrick was determined to be an informed patient-to understand what he was about to undergo. So he dove into research on:

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