Dr. Corenman,
Thank you for the reply!
I don’t know if it helps but here is the written description of the procedure I was given:
“First your surgeon numbs the whole area with local anesthesia so you feel only pressure.
He then makes a very small incision about the size of the tip of your pinky nail, inserts something called a jamshidi to harvest the bone and marrow from the back of the pelvis.
This is then concentrated into something called “plasma concentrate” that will be put back in to help your discs heal.
Another incision is made the same way on the back of your neck. Then small retractor is placed in the incision and a small cannula about the size of a Bic pen is inserted into the incision. The cannula is repositioned though the same incision to reach each operative level. Though this working channel the surgeon can do everything he needs to.
Next, an instrument using radio frequency is inserted though the working channel, and used on each operative level to prepare it for the bone and plasma concentrate.
Finally, the “plasma” created from spinning down the bone and marrow is inserted into the operative levels to regrow healthy tissue with your own natural cells including stem cells so it regrows stronger and better.
All the instruments come out, a few sutures are placed, a dressing is applied and your surgery’s over.”
Unless he means the plasma is being injected directly into the discs, it does not make sense to me.
Thanks again…………..Tony
