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orthopaedic help please - anon

Posted: Jan 31, 2010

dictating a back surgery follow up. Dr. says "he did have bilateral leg pain prior to his s/l xtop or x-stop"

thank you!

X-STOP - OCD

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It is a back surgery/procedure.

X-STOP - anon

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Hmmm. I couldn't find it in my Stedman's. Thank you, I appreciate it!!

It is fairly new - approved in 2005 - OCD

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So depending on what year your Stedman's is, it might not have made it in there yet.

I first heard about 2 years ago when I started doing a pain management doctor.

http://www.xstop.com/

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