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Harrington rods and complications
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@annie1 I did not have nerve damage (to the best of my knowledge) although I had a lot of sciatica pain before my surgery. My surgeon, Dr McClendon, is a neurosurgeon at the Phoenix Mayo Clinic. There are several youtube videos of him giving presentations on different surgical methods and different back issues.
He did an amazing job with my back surgery and I am almost 8 months post op and only dealing with the pain of healing from the surgery itself.
If you decide to get an opinion from him, I would recommend that you call his office and send him any X-rays, cat scans, and mri’s that you have and see if he will accept you as a patient. I found that calling his office and checking in, really helped to move things along and they even said they appreciated the communication.
Every time I sent them some imaging, I called to confirm that they received it. This helped because there was an issue receiving my CAT scan and it could’ve been weeks before they got a hold of me looking for it.
I really hope you find the right surgeon to help heal you!😊🙏
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Sherri,
You recommend calling Dr McClendon office can you tell me how I can do that? phone#?
Dr McClendon's office has had my x rays MRIs & CT scans for over a month how do I contact his office and is there a name of someone there I can speak to. I have had L3 L4 & L4L5 fused but had a kyphoplasty in a vertebrae just above that. It will need to be bridged. I am getting an x ray of that tomorrow (Laying down) as my curve straightens out while laying down and I want to inform them of this !
I would recommend that you call his office and send him any X-rays, cat scans, and mri’s that you have and see if he will accept you as a patient. I found that calling his office and checking in, really helped to move things along and they even said they appreciated the communication.
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Thank you I guess I could go to Arizona. I went to California already to see a surgeon at Stanford. Several surgeons I have seen are befuddled by my symptoms which they say are a typical. I'm going to try to get an appointment at Mayo although I tried several years ago and they turned me down and didn't say why. I guess I just have to try again and push to get an appointment telling them I'm in horrible pain.