Re: Larry Young, Dr. Husted & Choosing Your Surgeon

[Guest guest]

> Will we care enough about the next Larry to tell him DON'T GO TO AN

> INEXPERIENCED SURGEON -- DON'T BE FIRST -- DON'T BE A GUINEA PIG!

>

Tom,

You make some good points and raise some tough questions. On the one

hand, you and I have chosen a very experienced surgeon for the exact

reasons you describe. On the other hand, there are only some many

suregons and we want to encourage more suregons to do the DS, so

there is a delemma. Somebody has to be a suregons first.

So what is the answer? Well I totally agree that it is ridiculous

for a surgeon to take surch a high risk case as his first. But then

who should go first.

I cerntainly think that mini internships such as what are good Dr. A

did with Dr. H are the answer. Likewise Dr. A has trained Dr. Crooks

(an already excellent surgeon, but new to this procedure). Therefore

it is incumbant upon all current DS suregons to take new suregons as

apprentices and train them properly on this procedure. By assisting

a number of times then at least the first patient who has the doctor

as an independent surgeon will not be at too much risk.

I would like to know what training the Dr. in question had about the

DS. Did he take a course? Did he do an intersnship?

At the same time even the best surgeons (including the one we have

chosen) do loose high risk patients like this. Still I share your

concenrs.

Hull

[Guest guest]

> Will we care enough about the next Larry to tell him DON'T GO TO AN

> INEXPERIENCED SURGEON -- DON'T BE FIRST -- DON'T BE A GUINEA PIG!

>

Tom,

You make some good points and raise some tough questions. On the one

hand, you and I have chosen a very experienced surgeon for the exact

reasons you describe. On the other hand, there are only some many

suregons and we want to encourage more suregons to do the DS, so

there is a delemma. Somebody has to be a suregons first.

So what is the answer? Well I totally agree that it is ridiculous

for a surgeon to take surch a high risk case as his first. But then

who should go first.

I cerntainly think that mini internships such as what are good Dr. A

did with Dr. H are the answer. Likewise Dr. A has trained Dr. Crooks

(an already excellent surgeon, but new to this procedure). Therefore

it is incumbant upon all current DS suregons to take new suregons as

apprentices and train them properly on this procedure. By assisting

a number of times then at least the first patient who has the doctor

as an independent surgeon will not be at too much risk.

I would like to know what training the Dr. in question had about the

DS. Did he take a course? Did he do an intersnship?

At the same time even the best surgeons (including the one we have

chosen) do loose high risk patients like this. Still I share your

concenrs.

Hull