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Tying to decide when I should have surgery?
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@ctflyr , I am with @rlhix, AI gathers data based on averages and generalities, doesn't know the fundamentals of the specific patient, everyone is different. It is good to get informed about the disease, etc but I would not make a surgery or not decision based on that. Nothing beats being in front of a cardiothoracic surgeon (and in my case I also consulted a cardiologist who is a recognized aortic disease specialist) who has done thousands of these in a major medical center and has all your details. My surgeon when I first saw him told me, my aneurysm was large for my body size and I should have it repaired sooner than later, he told me based on my specific physical conditions chance of going through surgery without issues was >99%, I had my surgery 2 months later and as he said no issues, in my case 5 days in the hospital, back to work in 3 weeks. Not everyone is in the same shape, age, etc but I trust a recognized specialist that knows my case well over AI.
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@houston13 Curious about your surgeon's comment about your body size. My height is 57" and 2 different thoracic surgeons have commented. Surgeon #1 said my height was a major concern and that proportionately, my ascending aortic aneurysm that is 4.8 c.m may actually be larger. He also said my age (81 y.o.) was a concern and recommended a CT scan in 6 months. Surgeon #2 said my height and age was not a concern, but he also refused to consider any surgery until my aneurysm was at least 5.0 cm. He recommended a CT scan in 1 year. Both surgeons are heads of their cardiothoracic surgery departments at a major hospital in NYC.
Was your surgeon's comment on your body size because you are short or tall?
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@houston13....you may have missed this in my last post...."studies posted on line point to post-surgical complications, and surgical risk...stroke, death.... involved during and after open heart surgery." That, and I don't believe anyone should have Ai make surgical decisions for them. One should, however, gather as much information as possible from a variety of sources, to make informed decisions whenever possible.