For all of you that have had scoliosis surgery: I am interested in making a list of questions that I should use when interviewing a doctor to possibly be my surgeon for scoliosis. Then when you get different approaches or answers, how do you decide?
What questions should I ask the surgeon?
Also, what criteria do you suggest someone should consider when choosing a scoliosis surgeon?
What questions DIDN'T you ask before the surgery that you wish that you HAD ASKED?
When you have the information about a couple of different surgeons, how do you choose between them?
When one doctor says that he would fuse from T3 to L3 and the next doctor says he will fuse from T3 to S1, how do you figure that out? Obviously I might want to go with the lesser fusion, but how do I know that the longer fusion might be better for me in the long run?
Then there are questions about anterior and posterior approach and 1 day or multiday surgery. How do you make sense out which one is best for you if different doctors suggest different approaches?
How important is it to choose a doctor near your home town/city?
What else should I ask?
Thanks. Susan
What questions should I ask the surgeon?
Also, what criteria do you suggest someone should consider when choosing a scoliosis surgeon?
What questions DIDN'T you ask before the surgery that you wish that you HAD ASKED?
When you have the information about a couple of different surgeons, how do you choose between them?
When one doctor says that he would fuse from T3 to L3 and the next doctor says he will fuse from T3 to S1, how do you figure that out? Obviously I might want to go with the lesser fusion, but how do I know that the longer fusion might be better for me in the long run?
Then there are questions about anterior and posterior approach and 1 day or multiday surgery. How do you make sense out which one is best for you if different doctors suggest different approaches?
How important is it to choose a doctor near your home town/city?
What else should I ask?
Thanks. Susan
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