High percentage of failures in back operations.

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I crushed a vertebrae (70% burst fx- L1) in '92 in a 14 foot fall from a broken tree stand ladder. Left leg paralysis, 6 mos in body cast, 3 fused vertebrae and a couple herniated/ruptured discs were the result. Didnt end up having sx until the day of the BIG blackout a couple years ago (figures !)

best move I ever made...spent the 4 months prior to surgery on disability ....no money.....bedridden...LOTS of pain. Since I had surgery I still have "twinges" of pain...and the occassional bad day when I over do it. But overall, I'm walking and ......I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

My FIL is a rheumatologist and my BIL is a radiologist and, at least according to them, and their hospital, your stats are way off.