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Hello Sherry,
I am glad that you are doing well!😊🙏❤️

I know you were very happy with Dr. McClendon. Did you have idiopathic scoliosis appearing in your adolescence or was it adult scoliosis? If it was idiopathic, do you have a Harrington Rod?

Do you know whom a prospective patient could call to learn more about Dr. McClendon's experience? In particular about whether he has operated on very many patients with Harrington Rods due to idiopathic Scoliosis?

Thank you! I am thinking about Cori.
Best Wishes,
Nadine

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Replies to "Hello Sherry, I am glad that you are doing well!😊🙏❤️ I know you were very happy..."

Hi Nadine! I wasn’t diagnosed with Scoliosis until Dec 2023 following an xray. My doctor told me that I developed scoliosis at some point as a child or was born with it. So my surgery in Dec 2024 was my first, and hopefully last one🙏
I follow the spine discussions here and Cori’s journey. You are so sweet to be helping her😊
Dr. McClendon has a bio on the Mayo website and also numerous YouTube videos presenting information related to different back issues. He also specializes in minimally invasive surgery which takes a lot more time and work than an open surgery. My surgery was 8 hours and he said it would have been between 2-3 if he had done it open. He put in so much extra effort because he has a passion for making surgeries and outcomes even better. I believe he likes to be challenged.
I would recommend that Cori call his office and ask questions about his experience with Harrington rods and anything else she wants to know. The best thing would be for her to get an evaluation with him and then she can sit down with him and go over all the imaging and get his opinion.
Wishing the best for Cori!
Sherry😊