I'm scheduled with my previous surgeon she's been a board certified surgeon since 1962.I'm feeling very nervous my gut says runaway. My neck was broken 11yrs ago. I had 2 level fusion at Stanford of my C5,C6,C7 I've been on heavy pain medication since accident. I'm scheduled for explant of ruptured implant and replacement with new ones 5/31/17. I'm on medi-cal which covers explant and she's letting me pay the difference but just found 2 recent reviews one pt died and other is botched. I'm scared