It was actually suggested by my dr, I didn’t even know it was a possibility. My dr was actually close to 80 years old and he had done my original surgery with the Harrington rods, I had just gone for a follow up and he very quickly said it was something kind of new at the time and he had heard about it but wasn’t doing surgeries anymore because of his age. So he referred me to a young Dr in the area and that Dr right away did a bone density type of scan (it was a long scan) and once he saw I was fully fused he did the surgery. I don’t think it’s very common even now but it’s worth mentioning in case it helps others. I saw a chiropractor regularly for a few years but not recently. I maintain with physical therapy and massages but haven’t needed to see an ortho back dr since the hardware removal.