Why Can’t We Just Rebuild Broken Vertebrae with Technology to regain body movement?

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When someone experiences a vertebral rupture due to an accident, they often lose general movement in specific parts of their body. However, I’ve always wondered why, given the advancements in technology, it remains challenging to rebuild the vertebrae and allow the body to heal itself, given the body even has the ability to do it.

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We can — while the more common treatment is to fuse vertebrae on either side of the ruptured disc, there are artificial discs that can be implanted, too.

There are limitations on them and their use… I had 2 ruptured discs but couldn’t have the artificial discs because they were non-consecutive vertebrae and insurance dubbed it “experimental” due to lack of data. Had it been one disc or two consecutive ones I’d have been able to get them. As it is, with the 2 fusions at C3-4 and C6-7, I lost about 5% range of motion in neck.

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