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IDET CANDIDACY

All patients must understand the timeline of recovery following the procedure and the necessity for them to protect their spine from excessive loads for at least the first 3 months following the procedure.

IDET CANDIDACY

TYPE	CANDIDACY
symptomatic(painful) internal disc disruption	YES
symptomatic(painful) contained disc herniation without severe radicular symptoms	YES
multi-level DDD	Maybe *
post-operative disc	Maybe *
disc levels above fusion	Maybe *
DDD with severe disc space collapse (>50%)	Maybe *

* see discussion above for further explanation