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Spine Health | Last Active: Dec 29, 2025 | Replies (54)
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Personally I would not choose a surgeon because I like him. I want my surgeon to provide good information, answer my questions and concerns. I want her/him to have done at least many hundreds of the surgery I need successfully. I want to know her infection rate is the lowest among them. I want to know that I have researched thoroughly.
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He has answered my questions, but maybe I am not asking as specifically as I should. I asked how often he does fusions and he answered something like I did two yesterday or maybe it was this week. I can't remember. What would be a typical number of fusions a surgeon does who is doing alot of them ? He works at a well recognized hospital, Columbia and teaches in neurosurgery also. I never thought about asking about infection rate. I did one surgery with him that only helped for four months however and the aftercare team was very scarce, which was bad. He is getting a new NP, and she was a big part of the problem, however he was never available after the surgery really. Only she was. Is that typical ?