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Florida wrote:Yep, it is surgery so it cuts nerves. Do tell us what Dr. Das suggests.
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stevyc wrote:Surgery? Thought Acell was an injection
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hearthurts wrote:this is insane. i can feel extreme pain running down the back of my neck and spine and there's nothing I can do about it. what I meant was opinion on implant on the right. I am in severe pain and can't afford 2nd trip so getting the implant or not is critically important.
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nose1 wrote:hearthurts wrote:this is insane. i can feel extreme pain running down the back of my neck and spine and there's nothing I can do about it. what I meant was opinion on implant on the right. I am in severe pain and can't afford 2nd trip so getting the implant or not is critically important. To ensure that you understand, an injection is a fairly simple office procedure. An implant is a surgical procedure.
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Florida wrote:Get acell and prp
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nose1 wrote:Hearthurts, I think you are still confused about what the treatments are. Let me try to give a brief history, summarize and explain. Initially, ENS sufferers were offered implants by Dr. Houser. These implants were with Alloderm (sheets made from cadaver skin) and is a surgical procedure. Eventually, Dr. Houser began to perform injections of Cymetra (which is just a liquid form of Alloderm) and then later he gave some Acell injections (this is really called Matristem and is of porcine origin but is somewhat similar to Cymetra). Later on some doctors began providing PRP treatments. The PRP has been available for a little more than a couple of years now. PRP takes multiple treatments to really getting the healing effect. Recently, Dr Das has been providing injections of combined PRP and Acell Matristem. So although Acell is being used by Dr Das, it is in a liquified form and thus is still an injection in the office and not a surgery. An important point to understand is that surgical implants are better at adding volume in cases where the turbinate has been significantly reduced. The intent of the PRP+Acell injection is to heal the existing mucosa but is unlikely to add a significant amount of volume.
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