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Please share your wisdom spondylolisthesis?
Spine Health | Last Active: Jul 3 6:24am | Replies (30)Comment receiving replies
In the end, surgeons decline to offer elective spine surgery because they cannot predict a good outcome, or the procedure desired is experimental. Frankly, it is my opinion that surgeons who refuse elective surgery are probably trying to do what is best for their patient. As you all know, you can always find someone to do your surgery. There is too much incentive for many surgeons to just go ahead and operate. If a surgeon says no, there must be a very good reason. Please take that into consideration and remember, you can always get a second opinion, but research your surgeons first.
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It’s wonderful that you trust your surgeon and that may be warranted. My 78 years has taught me to trust everyone at first and as granny said it’s better not to trust and verify. Maybe it’s where we live in south Jersey both my wife and I have received bad and conflicting advice numerous times. In our experience $ was definitely a factor especially after 3 angioplasties. When the 3rd failed in the RCA they recommended isosorbide pills and exersize. I created natural bypass in 4 weeks. Could have done that the 1st time it blocked up in 3 months. Big money in these procedures.
Most Drs are just smart guys who have the same values, often, as the fund managers on Wall Street; some have high ethics. Just my experience sorry.
Tony
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When I went in to have my physician's assistant in spine docs office check my spine he said do whatever you can to avoid surgery!