Re: Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

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A good bedside manner tells you a lot about the doctor. Is he respectful of you?

Does he listen to what you have to say? Does he answer all your questions to

your satisfaction? Does he take the time to explain to you what is going to

happen or what has already happened? I think a bedisde manner tells us a lot

about how he/she operates in the operating room.

Just my opinion

Janice

Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

I have been recommended for this surgery in Toronto and would appreciate

hearing who are the best orthopaedic surgeons for this type of surgery. I tried

looking at ratemymd.com but people there are talking about wait times for

appointments and bedside manner which I don't think matter. What I'm concerned

about is the quality of the surgeon's work. Anything you can suggest would be

helpful.

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I agree that bedside manner indicates a level of care.  However, many doctors

who are skilled surgeons don't necessarily excel at   " human " skills and I

don't want to base a doctor solely on that.  

Do you happen to know of any surgeons?

From: Janice <faraway1@...>

Subject: Re: Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

spinal problems

Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 4:36 PM

 

A good bedside manner tells you a lot about the doctor. Is he respectful of you?

Does he listen to what you have to say? Does he answer all your questions to

your satisfaction? Does he take the time to explain to you what is going to

happen or what has already happened? I think a bedisde manner tells us a lot

about how he/she operates in the operating room.

Just my opinion

Janice

Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

I have been recommended for this surgery in Toronto and would appreciate hearing

who are the best orthopaedic surgeons for this type of surgery. I tried looking

at ratemymd.com but people there are talking about wait times for appointments

and bedside manner which I don't think matter. What I'm concerned about is the

quality of the surgeon's work. Anything you can suggest would be helpful.

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I base a surgeons ability to do his job by his track record. Word of mouth is

the best reference you can get if you can talk to people he/seh has operated on

before you. I also go to the medical board website to see if they have been in

trouble with the board or been cited for something bad or ever had his/her

license revoked for any reason. You can't be to safe when it comes to your

spine. I used Dr. Haider in Riverside it's called the spine center he and his

colleauges are very talented and thet have operated on me twice once a fusion

then 5 years later they removed the hardware. Both surgeries were complete

success's I had 3 surgeries prio to the last 2 and they all were completely

successful. I have had a total of 5 back surgeries and each one was a complete

success. I just kept hurting myself every 5 to 10 years starting at 20 years old

to 5 years ago wehn I was 55. I have no pain due to the drug I take daily it's

methadone and I am completely pain free with no side effects.

Janice

Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

I have been recommended for this surgery in Toronto and would appreciate

hearing who are the best orthopaedic surgeons for this type of surgery. I tried

looking at ratemymd.com but people there are talking about wait times for

appointments and bedside manner which I don't think matter. What I'm concerned

about is the quality of the surgeon's work. Anything you can suggest would be

helpful.

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Thanks for your input.  I will check the medical board records.  Can you tell

me where Riverside is?  If I ask the surgeon for contact numbers of previous

patients, do you think he would give it to me....is that normal practice?

Ellen

From: Janice <faraway1@...>

Subject: Re: Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

spinal problems

Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 4:36 PM

A good bedside manner tells you a lot about the doctor. Is he respectful of you?

Does he listen to what you have to say? Does he answer all your questions to

your satisfaction? Does he take the time to explain to you what is going to

happen or what has already happened? I think a bedisde manner tells us a lot

about how he/she operates in the operating room.

Just my opinion

Janice

Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

I have been recommended for this surgery in Toronto and would appreciate hearing

who are the best orthopaedic surgeons for this type of surgery. I tried looking

at ratemymd.com but people there are talking about wait times for appointments

and bedside manner which I don't think matter. What I'm concerned about is the

quality of the surgeon's work. Anything you can suggest would be helpful.

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Hi:

I just realized that you are located in the United States.  The medical system

is very different here in Canada.  I thought this was a Canadian group.  Much

of the information you are sharing is applicable but some is not.  Since health

care is public, it is much more difficult to access information about doctors

since we do not pay in any way for surgery.  We do get choice as to whom we go

to, but access to information is not as plentiful.

Ellen

From: Janice <faraway1@...>

Subject: Re: Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

spinal problems

Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 4:36 PM

A good bedside manner tells you a lot about the doctor. Is he respectful of you?

Does he listen to what you have to say? Does he answer all your questions to

your satisfaction? Does he take the time to explain to you what is going to

happen or what has already happened? I think a bedisde manner tells us a lot

about how he/she operates in the operating room.

Just my opinion

Janice

Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

I have been recommended for this surgery in Toronto and would appreciate hearing

who are the best orthopaedic surgeons for this type of surgery. I tried looking

at ratemymd.com but people there are talking about wait times for appointments

and bedside manner which I don't think matter. What I'm concerned about is the

quality of the surgeon's work. Anything you can suggest would be helpful.

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Riverside California and no doctor will give you the informatio your talking

about it would breaks a few laws like privacy laws but I am one reference for

the Haider spine center.

Janice

Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

I have been recommended for this surgery in Toronto and would appreciate

hearing who are the best orthopaedic surgeons for this type of surgery. I tried

looking at ratemymd.com but people there are talking about wait times for

appointments and bedside manner which I don't think matter. What I'm concerned

about is the quality of the surgeon's work. Anything you can suggest would be

helpful.

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I'm sorry Ellen I didn't know you were not here in the U.S. I pay big money for

health insurance but the advantage I have is that I can go to any doctor

anywhere in the world to get care if I want to but I know the specialists in my

area so I dont' need to go far. Sometimes I use a famous hospital and their

doctors it's called Loma Univ. Medical Center it's about 40 miles from me

but well worth the drive. I get to see the top specialists. They specialize in

transplants for children and adults. My 22 year old grand daughter will have a

kidney transplant there one day. Her kidneys failed when she was 10 but they

have so far been able to keep them working enough so they put off the transplant

until they completely fail. Her sister is the match.

Sorry I got carried away.

Can you go outside Canada to get medical care? Will they pay for it? Do you like

the health care system there?

Janice

Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

I have been recommended for this surgery in Toronto and would appreciate

hearing who are the best orthopaedic surgeons for this type of surgery. I tried

looking at ratemymd.com but people there are talking about wait times for

appointments and bedside manner which I don't think matter. What I'm concerned

about is the quality of the surgeon's work. Anything you can suggest would be

helpful.

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Hi Janice:

We can only get health care within Canada.  However, if a procedure is not

available here and the government approves, they sometimes send you to an

American hospital but it is highly unusual.  We can go to any medical facility

within our province (state). 

I have always liked the Canadian medical system.  We do not pay out of pocket

for doctor visits, MRIs, etc.  My daughter needed surgery to remove a nevus

which was on her skin and can lead to skin cancer.  She was operated on by the

top surgeon at the leading children's hospital in Toronto and we didn't pay a

dime.  It takes a lot of the worry out of life.  No matter how ill, for how

long, you receive care.  Everyone is treated equally. 

I'm sorry to hear about your granddaughter and I wish her good health.

 

What type of surgery did you have on your back?

Ellen

From: Janice <faraway1@...>

Subject: Re: Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

spinal problems

Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 4:36 PM

A good bedside manner tells you a lot about the doctor. Is he respectful of you?

Does he listen to what you have to say? Does he answer all your questions to

your satisfaction? Does he take the time to explain to you what is going to

happen or what has already happened? I think a bedisde manner tells us a lot

about how he/she operates in the operating room.

Just my opinion

Janice

Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

I have been recommended for this surgery in Toronto and would appreciate hearing

who are the best orthopaedic surgeons for this type of surgery. I tried looking

at ratemymd.com but people there are talking about wait times for appointments

and bedside manner which I don't think matter. What I'm concerned about is the

quality of the surgeon's work. Anything you can suggest would be helpful.

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I had 3 laminectomys then I had to have a fusion then I had the metal removed.

My spine weakened after 3 surgeries in almost the same place in my spine. It was

L-5 S-1 the one that goes bad on almost everyone it the same also. I would have

been fine when it was done the first time if I had listened to my doctor but I

was very young (23) when they did the first surgery. I suffered almost 3 years

before they fixed my back. They hesitated because I was so young and I did not

know what I did to hurt my back to begin with. I woke up one morning with a sore

back and by dark I was in the hospital screaming for help for the pain. I went

through hell in those days. I also had a baby right in the middle of it all. I

had 3 children under 5 and I was in a wheel chair for 5 months before they

operated after she was born. The doctor didn't want to do a myelogram they are

so dangerous but he finally told me that he couldnt' wait any longer so they did

the myelogram at 6 in the evening and operated at 6 the next morning. I stayed 8

days and went home to care for my family as none of my family would help. It's a

long story.

I pay about 500 a month for health care but I can go to the best with that

insurance.

Janice

Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

I have been recommended for this surgery in Toronto and would appreciate

hearing who are the best orthopaedic surgeons for this type of surgery. I tried

looking at ratemymd.com but people there are talking about wait times for

appointments and bedside manner which I don't think matter. What I'm concerned

about is the quality of the surgeon's work. Anything you can suggest would be

helpful.

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Why did they have to remove the metal?

From: Janice <faraway1@...>

Subject: Re: Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

spinal problems

Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 4:36 PM

A good bedside manner tells you a lot about the doctor. Is he respectful of you?

Does he listen to what you have to say? Does he answer all your questions to

your satisfaction? Does he take the time to explain to you what is going to

happen or what has already happened? I think a bedisde manner tells us a lot

about how he/she operates in the operating room.

Just my opinion

Janice

Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

I have been recommended for this surgery in Toronto and would appreciate hearing

who are the best orthopaedic surgeons for this type of surgery. I tried looking

at ratemymd.com but people there are talking about wait times for appointments

and bedside manner which I don't think matter. What I'm concerned about is the

quality of the surgeon's work. Anything you can suggest would be helpful.

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Because I now have Arachnoiditis nad the scar tissue was growing around the

screws and rods in my spine making it painful so he took the metal out except

for one little piece of a screw that broke off in because the surgeon couldn't

get it out once it broke off in the bone. But right after surgery I was great.

Hopefullthe methadone will dothe job for the rest of my life.

Janice

Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

I have been recommended for this surgery in Toronto and would appreciate

hearing who are the best orthopaedic surgeons for this type of surgery. I tried

looking at ratemymd.com but people there are talking about wait times for

appointments and bedside manner which I don't think matter. What I'm concerned

about is the quality of the surgeon's work. Anything you can suggest would be

helpful.

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I know this email is a little dated now, but I did want to chime in with a

slight disagreement. While it would be against privacy laws for a surgeon to

randomly give out names and contact information for former surgical

patients, the surgeons I have spoken with maintain a list of former patients

who have agreed to have their contact information given out to potential

surgical patients. However, we can assume that the surgeons only ask

patients who had the best outcomes to be on this list, so it is not a true

representation of the typical outcome and opinions of their former patients.

For a more unbiased perspective, I went hunting on the internet for former

patients of the surgeons I was considering, chatted with several of them

online, and used that as one component when making my decision between two

excellent surgeons I found.

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great idea ! When i had my hip resurface with Dr. Amstutz. i helped

people from all over the US who came to CA to get the surgery done with him.

Most had no families and some of their outcomes not as good as others. I

went to the hospital to be there on the day of their surgery...I went with

my friend also who had two anterior replacements with Dr. Matta, . Dr

A.

had a list of patients you could contact but we all found eachother on the

surface hippy board at . It is such a great way to exchange info!

Good and bad!

-- Re: Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

I know this email is a little dated now, but I did want to chime in with a

slight disagreement. While it would be against privacy laws for a surgeon to

randomly give out names and contact information for former surgical

patients, the surgeons I have spoken with maintain a list of former patients

who have agreed to have their contact information given out to potential

surgical patients. However, we can assume that the surgeons only ask

patients who had the best outcomes to be on this list, so it is not a true

representation of the typical outcome and opinions of their former patients.

For a more unbiased perspective, I went hunting on the internet for former

patients of the surgeons I was considering, chatted with several of them

online, and used that as one component when making my decision between two

excellent surgeons I found.

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how wonderful of both of you. hugs, Vicky

In a message dated 4/6/2011 11:29:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

karenmcnulty@... writes:

great idea ! When i had my hip resurface with Dr. Amstutz. i helped

people from all over the US who came to CA to get the surgery done with

him.

Most had no families and some of their outcomes not as good as others. I

went to the hospital to be there on the day of their surgery...I went with

my friend also who had two anterior replacements with Dr. Matta, . Dr

A.

had a list of patients you could contact but we all found eachother on the

surface hippy board at . It is such a great way to exchange info!

Good and bad!

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From: Curran

Date: 4/6/2011 4:53:36 AM

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Subject: Re: Fusion Surgery L4/L5 Surgeon?

I know this email is a little dated now, but I did want to chime in with a

slight disagreement. While it would be against privacy laws for a surgeon

to

randomly give out names and contact information for former surgical

patients, the surgeons I have spoken with maintain a list of former

patients

who have agreed to have their contact information given out to potential

surgical patients. However, we can assume that the surgeons only ask

patients who had the best outcomes to be on this list, so it is not a true

representation of the typical outcome and opinions of their former

patients.

For a more unbiased perspective, I went hunting on the internet for former

patients of the surgeons I was considering, chatted with several of them

online, and used that as one component when making my decision between two

excellent surgeons I found.