Forgot I had a neck fusion done too but the dr used cadaver bone since i already used bone from the front & back of both hips. Guess there wasn't much left to harvest from. Ha ha. That's been almost 3 years ago & it's still holding together.

I have not had this operation but I have had bone grafts. Bone was taken from my hips on three different occassions. Not to scare you, but the pain from the bone removal was more painful than the bone grafts I had in my foot. Good luck

I would avoid using your own bone only because the pain of that removal is tremendous. Look into these other options. Rejection of anything other than your own bone my be a risk. Talk to a lot of folks about it!

I also had a Cspine fusion years before my rheumatoid was diagnosed. I kept on with the dr. But he couldn't give me any answers.

I had back surgery where they used something else. It wasn't cadaver or my own. Whatever it was it worked. It was slower than what the dr had hoped for but it worked.